But I thought this was freedom tech? 🧐
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It's only free when you know who has your data. Nothing is free if you don't pay attention to them and maintain it over time.
Serious questions…Why do they want the data at all? Why do they care how users scroll through posts in real time?
Collecting people's interest in products they see in the feed can be key drivers for offering ads on other platforms. They can just sell your interests for profit.
But I thought Nostr didn’t want ads. I thought Nostr didn’t want to be like legacy media. Seems like mixed messaging. Is it true that data is being collected?
Anyone can sell your data to anyone else. A relay is somebody else's property, not yours. This is true for ALL servers, all websites, all apps. If a server doesn't explicitly promise you to not sell your data on their terms and conditions for use, it's likely that they are selling it.
So @primal has many relays added to the app. So any of those relays could be selling my data. Is that correct?
Correct. It's entirely up to you to verify each of them.
Thank you for the information. Anything else you want to contribute on this topic that users should be reminded of?
No, just make sure everybody takes control over their relay lists.
This thread is a great dialogue between @Vitor Pamplona and I about data and relays on Nostr. Questions asked and answered. Thanks for sharing your insights @Vitor Pamplona. ⭐️
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