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I suggest disabling pictures in DMs. (programming.dev)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Tea@programming.dev to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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The only time I got a photo in DMs was when Nicole switched from text to photos.

In all seriousness, disabling Pictures in DMs will prevent Spam, Trolling and NSFL pictures that could be sent to bother people.

In my opinion, there is really no use case for pics in DMs for Lemmy.

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[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It also reduces the possibility of being tracked

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The images would be hosted by the Lemmy instance though, so how would this enable tracking? It's not the same as email.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You can embed external images in Lemmy. Unless image proxying is enabled by the target's instance, tracking individuals is possible.

e.g. ![some image](https://tracker.com/f7vdzv6.png)

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

it depends if your Lemmy instance is configured to copy and host images, or proxy images (in which case they won't get your IP but they'll know when you look), or neither (they get your IP if they're running their own instance or self-hosting the image itself)

I just sent myself a PM to test:

programming.dev shows the image as hosted from retrolemmy.com

it might also be currently bugged: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5538

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I would like an explanation too.

[–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That would be nice. Maybe as an opt-in option for users.

[–] Tea@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago

Opt out, would serve first time users better.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

You could open an issue on lemmy's github for this