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My hesitation is also the proposition: if everything for a community is stored on my phone, does that mean one person could post something illegal and now I hav
by afro88 5y ago
My hesitation is also the proposition: if everything for a community is stored on my phone, does that mean one person could post something illegal and now I have illegal material on my phone even if I never clicked a link to it? That's scary.
- genewitch 5y agoIs this considered concern trolling? A hostile actor could send you an MMS with illegal content, leave a bunch of voicemails with illegal content, clickjack/DNS hijack while you're getting coffee. Every time I see this (and no offense, person whom I replied to) - it smells like someone is asking how much illicit content is available and how much policing there is. Everything can be used for evil, if you try hard enough.
- zimpenfish 5y agoI think the distinction here is that GP is asking whether someone hosting something illegal on their timeline - which you are not subscribed to, have never looked at, etc. - will implicitly end up on your phone. Different scenario than something illegal being explicitly sent to you.
- CJefferson 5y agoThe difference with blockchains is (depending on how it is set up) that illegal content can't be removed, as it is needed to validate the blockchain (it might be OK in this case). While I don't think it's yet come up in court, if I was on a jury where someone's defense for keeping and distributing illegal material was "we need it so we can verify our blockchain", I wouldn't accept that argument.
- m4lvin 5y agoScuttlebutt only downloads from people/nodes that you follow and a (maybe configurable?) small number of steps from there, so you do not download the whole network only posts by your contacts and posts by contacts of contacts. IIRC you can also block accounts which ensures their posts/data is never downloaded to your device.