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Explain Like I'm Five

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s not, never was, and never claimed to be.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Except, I guess, in that it can be pseudonymous. It's possible somebody knows who I am in real life, but it's also possible they don't (given the way I always connect). You may or may not count that under your definition of "private".

Security through obscurity is not real security.