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[–] Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 22 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

This is giving me Fed vibes

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

i can assure you this isnt a fed op lmao. idk how i can convince you maybe check out the github and check out the devs? some devs are from other big projects like movie-web ect that got taken down.

plus downloads arent hidden behind registration, and we are addnig accounts in the future but its going to be mullvad style - a 12 digit unique identifier so privacy wise theres nothing tying you to the downloads except your ip, which we also dont save so you are fine

[–] freeman@feddit.org 9 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Probably because you use a lot of proprietary platforms like discord, reddit, github, twitter and you have apparently very bad opsec. If someone would do something illegal, they wouldnt be so careless about it. Thats the assumption probabyl

[–] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

our whole model is to be easily self hostable and open source - just like movie-web (who had devs openly showing their names and faces ect in their github profiles) as for my bad opsec im just a hobbyist developer who is contributing to an open source project for fun - nothing else can be proven

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 points 4 hours ago

This thread alone would likely prove enough already.

[–] jmf@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago

Looks cool. I will take a look when the backend is open sourced for sure. Prep for some tough times legally if you continue to use those centralized social platforms.

[–] dhaonna_aontaithe@midwest.social 6 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Fed as in?

I'm new to Lenny and wouldn't mind learning the lingo.

[–] Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Federal agent.

[–] bastionntb@lemmy.ml 23 points 15 hours ago

I think they means it's a federal operation, a honey pot for a government to crack down on piracy.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

In the piracy world, “fed” is short for Federal Bureau of Investigation police officer.