I noticed previously that stuff I read in the browser does not show up as read in the mobile app. I also just tested it with different browsers and as far as I can see, read posts are marked as unread when I use another browser.
So are you actually sure about your claim? This is very easily testable, so I hope you have actually confirmed this before you accuse lemmy of participating in a “terrible invasion” of privacy…
I have said several times that I am not completely sure. I will see if I can do some better tests. It is something that I noticed when I installed Jerboa, so I asked about it, and people seemed to confirm that there was server side tracking.
No prob, and I’ll go a little further, from having seen this kind of thing many times before. Lots of times these info leaks happen because it was technically convenient or somehow useful to do X, without thinking through the privacy implications. Security vulnerabilities happen the same way. People just want to get their thing done with minimum fuss, rather than dithering around weighing complicated tradeoffs. So X is not explicitly a policy decision at all, but instead is a technical decision that turns out to have policy implications.
I’m a security developer so I have to be attuned to this kind of thing, but I miss stuff too, as does everyone. Most of the time nobody is being “bad”. They are just trying to ship product in a complicated environment full of subtle interactions, and it is easy to overlook stuff, especially if you haven’t already spent a lot of time dealing with those same issues.
I noticed previously that stuff I read in the browser does not show up as read in the mobile app. I also just tested it with different browsers and as far as I can see, read posts are marked as unread when I use another browser.
So are you actually sure about your claim? This is very easily testable, so I hope you have actually confirmed this before you accuse lemmy of participating in a “terrible invasion” of privacy…
I have said several times that I am not completely sure. I will see if I can do some better tests. It is something that I noticed when I installed Jerboa, so I asked about it, and people seemed to confirm that there was server side tracking.
Thanks for your clarification.
No prob, and I’ll go a little further, from having seen this kind of thing many times before. Lots of times these info leaks happen because it was technically convenient or somehow useful to do X, without thinking through the privacy implications. Security vulnerabilities happen the same way. People just want to get their thing done with minimum fuss, rather than dithering around weighing complicated tradeoffs. So X is not explicitly a policy decision at all, but instead is a technical decision that turns out to have policy implications.
I’m a security developer so I have to be attuned to this kind of thing, but I miss stuff too, as does everyone. Most of the time nobody is being “bad”. They are just trying to ship product in a complicated environment full of subtle interactions, and it is easy to overlook stuff, especially if you haven’t already spent a lot of time dealing with those same issues.