c/privacy · by ringington@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13d

Does lemmy allow posting and commenting through tor?

Does Lemmy allow posting through Tor? I know signup varies by instance, does the same variability apply to posting after signup, or is it more uniformly permissive/hostile once account exists?

17 points · 13 comments · view on lemmy.world

13 Comments

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 13d (6 replies)

Depends entirely on the instance, Lemmy is just a piece of software.

ringington@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 13d (5 replies)

I meant to ask if it is like reddit, which shadow bans immediately?

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 11 pts · 13d (1 reply)

Lemmy doesn't have shadow bans. The other instances also don't know what IP you posted from. Only your own instance can see that.

ringington@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 13d

Thanks! that explains it.

KssioAug@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 13d

I know others already answered you, but I just wanted to explain further. That's the main advantage of Lemmy: being federated. It means that each instance, even though they communicate with each other, is independent (they have their own rules, their own userbase, and are hosted in their own servers), which means that, even if one decides to ban people for using Tor, others wouldn't follow through. Dbzer0 wouldn't punish you for it though.

jake_jake_jake_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 13d

Depends on the instance.

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 13d

Again: any given instance could do that – or not. There is nothing about Lemmy, the piece of software, that either requires or prohibits instances from having such a policy.

Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 13d (1 reply)

Depends on the instance.

lemmy.ml, dbzer0, hexbear are all ok on TOR.

lemmy.world is questionable

hatingfedizen@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 12d

.world often blocks me from commenting just for using my everyday VPN

NotFrenchJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 12d

Make the question(s) more interesting:

Are there instances which offer users the option to access their user UI+API via tor hidden services?
Are there instances which primarily exist as tor hidden services, and thus, federation traffic itself must go through the tor network if an instance wants to federate with them?
Are there clear net instances which would be willing to federate with the hypothetical tor hidden service instances mentioned above?

XLE@piefed.social · 2 pts · 13d

I am not aware of any instance that is hosted only on Tor, but you can use Tor while logging into any instance to remain more anonymous... depending on the kind of credentials they ask for when you sign up.

swelter_spark@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 13d (1 reply)

I have no problems with it.

frongt@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 12d

Me neither. Anyone opposed, please raise your hand.