I would be cautious about viewing any Lemmy.world communities right now, and the Beehaw admins should make sure their credentials are locked down in case they get targeted next.

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    1 year ago

    No user data like credentials gets transfered. Everything between instances is done with bot like helpers that do the data transfers.

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      That’s the problem, they don’t. If you have them stored anywhere on the device you view the communities with, your credentials are not safe.

      Edit: this was for someone else.

      Anything can be transferred without your knowledge. Do not access hacked servers while expecting privacy.

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        That would require your device to get hacked, not just the server.

        As for privacy… there is really little of that on Lemmy or the fediverse as a whole.