Subnostr

Replying to nostrnormie

I am not even a tech person, and remember 20 years ago using ip addresses to see who was reading my live journal. How is it that on a protocol like nostr, where there are so many nyms, ip addresses are so easily exposed? Seems like a big deal.

Does privacy even exist anymore?

Evan 1y ago

I would assume the most paranoid nyms are also using VPNs.

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jb55 1y ago

I have a static ip and don’t use VPN. I’m curious what people think are the downsides of this setup. People can see i’m using nostr a lot ? Not that shocking.

nostrnormie 1y ago

I’m thinking about people with pseudonyms, If you have more than one account, wouldn’t it have the same ip address and dox you

Derek Ross 1y ago

It's me.

Crusty 👨‍💻 1y ago

Evan 1y ago

Same here, but to play devil’s advocate, you also aren’t going for anonymity.

Crusty 👨‍💻 1y ago

Or tor

nostrnormie 1y ago

There are probably normies that don’t use vpn or tor that still don’t want to be doxxed. I don’t think that’s too great of an expectation of anyone

nostrnormie 1y ago

(To not have their ip exposed to anybody/everybody)

Crusty 👨‍💻 1y ago

Don't you have the same, by sharing an image on x, where your server hosts the image?

nostrnormie 1y ago

I don’t know. I’m not on x anymore. Curious now if this is the case with all big platforms (there’s a lot about big platforms I don’t agree with, which is why I’m here). But does this mean that you could see the ip address of any person on x if they share an image?