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I mainly worry about data security at my end, I'm very careful about what kind of information I ever give out. I've gotten more lax with the rise of ecommerce, but my computer didn't even used to know my real name or any real information about me. I simply lied for absolutely everything, up until I went to college.
Nowadays I've gotten lazier, but some of those habits remain. Anything that could ever even remotely lead back to anything less than tens of thousands of people simply doesn't go on here. While a personality profile could be assembled and used to sell me stuff, I don't care so much about that. Though if we slowly get absorbed into Meta because $$$, I might change my mind on that last one.
So, no, I don't worry about it too much. If I was a hacker or political activist irl or something I might take it a little more seriously.
Thx for the reply. I probably wouldn't want discuss anything indicating illegal activities or political activism on the Fediverse. I think Reddit was just demanded to turn over some (subset?) of discussions about copyright piracy. They might get away without the subpoena altogether on the fediverse arguing the data is already public.
Yes, I would not be participating in any of that from here without additional security. More private communities are really better for that kinda stuff anyway, always have been.