That since voting is public, profiles which tend to upvote posts about the military greater than average would be doxxing themselves a bit, even if not commenting.
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ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoWhat perceived risk are you trying to imply?
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Ah you’re one of those “I’m a soldier so everything in life is always a threat to me” kind of people.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
That is an Olympic level leap you made there.
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I’m a privacy advocate.
The exact same thing can be done with femcel memes or Pride Month posts for people who live in a county where equality is illegal. Or anything not glowingly in love with ICE.
Anyone here that pings a probable for military that also likes a few .ml socialist posts, or femcel memes, or pride month posts, would instantly get put on a watch list.
If you’ve never watched police gladly and publicly hunt someone down because of a single picture on Facebook, then you don’t understand how quickly someone can become a target of state harassment.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I think he is trying to imply that anyone upvoting is feeding data into a profile. Which yeah, I assume all my comments and updoots are. That’s why I updoot everything that isn’t spam.