Nostr clients should rethink automatically rendering all images found in notes. Most users are not aware this leaks request info: IP address (thus location), device, browser.
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Iris.to loads all images over a proxy, unless the domain is on a list that currently includes imgur.com and nostr.build.
That's great. Can you share what the image proxy service is? Other clients should consider using it.
We did operated a proxy. But then I realized that I not only had all the locations for our users but ALSO all their image and content requests. And I could easily associate both. The proxy doesnt only knows your location but know what you are looking at in real time.
To me, the proxy is WAY worse from a privacy standpoint.
Every single website out there is doing this. Use VPN if you care about your IP being leaked.
Another twist on “render an image customized to my ip” would be the recently popular wttr service. you can see your local weather here:
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You can use this to check what info your #nostr client leaks:
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We have embed tor that reason. If people want they can protect themselves.
dumped amethyst for primal. So far so good. Got tired of amethyst censoring. One caveat, it may have been a relay doing the censoring, but there are more than one of those, so I doubt it. . If you are going to censor then you can go and pound sand. The network will route around you.
use a vpn
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