bsky.social & data non-privacy

November 15, 2024

## tl;dr atproto, the protocol behind platforms like Bluesky, enables full data transparency, where every user’s actions—posts, follows, likes—are publicly accessible across the entire network. This openness makes it easy for anyone, including malicious actors like governments or corporations, to scrape and misuse personal data for profiling, stalking, harassment, or surveillance. Unlike other platforms, atproto does not offer privacy features like private messaging or data control, and users have no way to opt out of this transparency. [...]
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