If you want to get away with something evil, hide it inside of something boring. That’s what they’re doing.

Appreciate the links. Thanks!

Thank you, this is exactly the kind of info I was looking for. I figured someone was on top of this and the reddit dipstick was just being overly dramatic as usual.

Right, but I think the difference here is lemmy allows users to embed these in their markdown text.

When it comes to posting on lemmy I’d also consider bringing up that old bromide: don’t post anything you wouldn’t want your mother to see.

At least for now, anyway.

random angry guy just hates lemmy for whatever reason

There is definitely some of that at play here. I am hoping some smarter cybersec folks without the anti-lemmy-rage-bias can weigh in on t.

I am not a cybersecurity expert. And these are good questions. The problem is certainly not unique to Lemmy.

However, my (limited) understanding of it the opposing opinion is. 1. This is bad for privacy (marketers and other bad actors use these to track down your IP and other metadata) and 2. It should have been thought of before now and already had some protections put into place.

Thanks. Not a fan of guilt by association of this type. The idea of FUD has been around for decades. It’s not inherently crypto or inherently anything. It’s just a useful acronym for a tactic some people use.