Isn’t this like browsing any website? Each instance is a website. Browsing the website will give them your IP address. You can see, that the current content ist coming from another instance by checking the name (though I don’t know if every app shows the instance in that way). And as Lemmy is a Link aggregator (to my knowledge) it will provide links.
But of course we can discuss if lemmy instances should proxy all interactions with other instances. Coming with its own problems.
Your client must connect to the other instances to view an image, and by doing that you give them your IP address.
There was an image going around recently that showed your user agent to show this issue.
Why do they require you to give them your IP adress to view an image?!
The IP address is how internet traffic is routed. Every time you visit a website, you hand over your IP address. That’s just how the internet works.
And I take it since every instance is its own organisation, so to speak. It’s unclear whether your IP address will remain unbothered.
Isn’t this like browsing any website? Each instance is a website. Browsing the website will give them your IP address. You can see, that the current content ist coming from another instance by checking the name (though I don’t know if every app shows the instance in that way). And as Lemmy is a Link aggregator (to my knowledge) it will provide links.
But of course we can discuss if lemmy instances should proxy all interactions with other instances. Coming with its own problems.