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minus-squareAndy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down2·1 day agoThis is a genuine concern that we should recognize. I’m about 99% confident it isn’t, but considering it is the kind of caution we should all be exercising these days.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-219 hours ago Is it open source? (No) Is it’s publishing and build pipeline open? (No) Can anyone audit it? (No) Does the author make unreliable claims of privacy? (Yes) Does the author detail how data privacy and security is implemented? (No) It’s probably not a honeypot. But it’s also likely to be negligent enough in implementation that it might as well be.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 hours agoHow would we learn either way if it was or wasn’t?
minus-squarejawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoSomeone knowledgeable enough would be able to figure out where every upload is going, I’d wager. But that would take Someone that is knowledgeable enough, as well as willing to expose an app like that given the potential consequences.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·19 hours agoWhen the feds come for you for using it
This is a genuine concern that we should recognize.
I’m about 99% confident it isn’t, but considering it is the kind of caution we should all be exercising these days.
It’s probably not a honeypot. But it’s also likely to be negligent enough in implementation that it might as well be.
How would we learn either way if it was or wasn’t?
Someone knowledgeable enough would be able to figure out where every upload is going, I’d wager. But that would take Someone that is knowledgeable enough, as well as willing to expose an app like that given the potential consequences.
When the feds come for you for using it