I noticed that there were some accounts that were hijacked by the instance owners. All the posts from that user were then edited to say what happened.

This kind of surprised me, I figured instances could delete posts, but not edit them. So how much control do they have?

I assume they can’t see my password (hopefully). Can they post in my name? Do they have all the access to my posts to foreign instances that they do over local posts?

Edit: thanks for all the responses everyone! I’ve wanted my own instance for a while, but maybe I’ll get on it now

  • Blaze
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    1 year ago

    Admins would still be able to change your key, wouldn’t they?

    • DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Sure but you can also post your public key somewhere else for people to verify.

      Or instances could store public keys of users from other instances, sorta like blockchain validation.