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Quick PSA for new nostriches.

NOSTR is excellent at being a decentralized / censorship resistant way to broadcast information.

NOSTR is quite unprivate, and what you broadcast is permanent (no take-backs).

DMs are private as long as both parties private keys are secure, however everyone can see who has been talking to who.
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Semi-Normal 2y ago

To add: since nostr doesn't host media, if someone posts a picture they are self hosting, they can get your ip address when you load the picture, a VPN is recommended.

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7e
Um 2y ago

So you shouldn’t post images without a VPN? Only text?

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Semi-Normal 2y ago

Nostr doesn't host images, so every post thay shows an image links you to another server. If I wanted to capture a bunch of people's ip addresses I could self host an image, include that image in a post, and then capture the ip address of the people that look at it (when they query it from my server).

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Um 2y ago

Nostr doesnt seem very safe if you dont have a VPN on all the time when using it…

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Semi-Normal 2y ago

A VPN is definitely a good idea, you can control which relays you connect to (they could capture IP) but linked media is definitely a bit trickier.

There were a few relays over TOR... would definitely be nice to see more of that.