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This post should be replaced with an archive link; for one because the availability of KF isn't particularly great and for another because funneling people to a
by sascha_sl 4y ago
This post should be replaced with an archive link; for one because the availability of KF isn't particularly great and for another because funneling people to a doxing website with Referrer and IP intact is a bit dangerous.
- _ph_ 4y agoSeconded.
- aaron695 4y ago> with Referrer and IP intact is a bit dangerous. What would be the attack vector? They now have my IP and the fact I came from https://news.ycombinator.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/ Even if I'm logged in on Kiwifarms so they know who I am they have no idea if I have a login on HN or even what thread I was reading.
- dotty- 4y agoThe whole "Refer header and IP intact" thing seems a bit too "boogeyman" to me. You are one of hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of IPs that are visiting this site. I feel like the audience here generally understands what kind of info an IP address gives up (like broad geo info) and that it can't really be attributed to an identity -- I guess unless you're NSA? or the ISP? Do you think the site operator is monitoring all the IPs visiting the site and picking "targets"? I still support an archive link for availability reasons; I just wouldn't worry about being attacked or something just because you visited the site.
- sascha_sl 4y agoKF users love their correlation attacks. I'd just recommend giving them as little information as possible if you have any reason to believe they might be targeting you.