Since 0.19.4 you have the possibility as the instance admin to proxify all external images
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Some instances at least will proxy the images requests, naking all traffic appears to be from your home instance but it's not a guarantee. We had to turn it off because of some issues early during the rollout, we'll look into turning it back on soon.
I'm surprised DOGE themselves aren't using it to skirt FOIA.
Or maybe they are.
I really hope that governments adopt the ActivityPub standard + RSS whenever possible, and allow users to subscribe to these feeds from the instance or software of their choice.
Custom: 10% because you didn't put the default 15% / 18% and gave me extra work
If you not the only one holding the encryption key, you can't guarantee your data cannot be snooped.
Either encrypt your stuff using GPG, or use something like Cryptomator.
But tariffs goes into the government's pocket, don't they want a small govt? Oh wait, it's just to trickle down the money to their billionaire friends, my bad.
Just to confirm, this option is for external links, not links within the current domain (lemmy.ca).
When I click on an external link it does open in a new tab for me. 🤔
Moral of the story: when in doubt, pixelize any potential personally identifiable information (aka PII).
The fediverse is just an umbrella term to indicate the network is using a common and open protocol to communicate (ActivityPub, OStatus, etc).
Using the ActivityPub protocol doesn't require the developer to make their platform open-source.
And you can make a bridge between Mastodon and BlueSky, in fact it already exists in the form of https://fed.brid.gy/