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1. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Apr-2017 04:22:22 EDT MMN-o ✅⃠

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   • Dr. Edward Morbius :o:
   @dredmorbius Well, with !OStatus you can subscribe (using the Atom feed in an ordinary feed reader) to people through Tor without having to identify yourself as a supporter. Or you can create pseudonymic accounts through Tor (even if the target profile doesn't support it, because you only ever interact with the instance you trust). As long as you don't give away your …
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Apr-2017 04:23:26 EDT MMN-o ✅⃠

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     • Dr. Edward Morbius :o:
     @dredmorbius But as I read your post again I see that your criticism was rather against the "privacy" through obscurity on a web service. Check.
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Apr-2017 05:05:04 EDT MMN-o ✅⃠

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     • Dr. Edward Morbius :o:
     @dredmorbius I'm not sure if we're discussing the same thing here. People who publish stuff publicly will always be targeted, they have a certain set of precautions to take. They're not what I'm talking about. The news article you linked was related to (identifiable) _subscribers_ to this information. They _would_ be safe simply by using Tor and anonymous RSS/Atom fee…