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What are peoples tips for security and anonymity using Nostr?

I take it your IP is still attached to all of your broadcasts, but how is it stored?

Can someone help me understand the privacy dynamic on Nostr as a technology?

#asknostr #nostrnewbie #security #privacy

IPs are not attached to your notes directly, but relay operators can if they want, see the ip from which the note is being made. Or what ip a user uses, so a VPN would be recommended if you care a lot about being a nym.

Before uploading a picture make sure you remove all the exif data, some services might do it for you, also make sure not to dox yourself in your images.

There was a whole internet guide someone shared on being a nym. But that’s not only for nostr, it’s for the internet in general. I’ll see if I can find it.

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liminal 🦠 2y ago

Depends on your threat model you're working with. Just started a great thread on privacy and why one would use a VPN

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Nostrnewbie 2y ago

I'm quite well versed in this but would still love to see the guide.

To add on to your metadata point, you can look at projects like Fawkes for a subtle way to alter your photos so that facial recognition software cannot attach your image to your social media or other things you've inadvertently put online, or terms of service allowed companies to put online.

I'm using Tor so I am not too worried about anonymity, but I just want to get a grasp of what the protocol offers and does not offer in this respect.

Thanks for your response.