If you are a @wsocial.eu user and concerned about your private data being listed publicly, found this link by @wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social that lets you see what data is visible on the open web

If you are a @wsocial.eu user and concerned about your private data being listed publicly, found this link by @wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social that lets you see what data is visible on the open web
Thousands of downloads already and this only dropped an hour ago. This is HUGE. @wsocial.eu have been very careless it seems, and listed lots of personal data publicly that folks are rightly unhappy about.
Incredible journalism by @palle.eurosky.social
So verstoesst #Wsocial taeglich gegen EU-Recht & damit auch die #DSGVO 👉 t.ly/WsocialFail
Und warum? Auszuege aus dem EU-Lobbyregister zeigen Treffen, in denen es u.a. um eine ID-Verifizierungs Infrastruktur in der EU geht.
Bitte teilt diese Recherche. Danke 🙏
I know it's in German but I'm sure you can easily translate it. My focus was also on the GPDR/DSGVO and how #Wsocial violates it on a daily basis.
Thanks to @chrise.wsocial.eu for the inspiration. Created feed from the 'W Users' and other lists that displays the following hashtags:-
#wsocial
#wsocialfacts
#wedonthavetimeFORDRAMA
Some other hashtags like #wsocialart are getting included (fine tune req)!
Note:- Feed takes time to populate
Noone will access the data from your servers to get additional context about an account. That's utter bullshit if it's not easily accessible for everyone.
You guys fucked up and you know it!
#WsocialFacts #WeDontHaveTimeFORDRAMA
A set of replies clarifying about what personal data is shared and the fact user's gave consent on signup for use of that data. << Consent means #wsocial is not doxing by having these records on the client or AT Protocol platform.
@wsocial.eu @anna.wsocial.eu I’m not happy that my approximate date of birth and nationality can be read by anyone in my W Social verification record. Please explain your legal basis for publishing it, and delete it. #WsocialFacts #GDPR
Feinstes Souveraenitaets Washing der User-Doxxing Plattform #Wsocial - Lasst uns mal schauen, wer das alles so im Advisory Board sitzt.
Immerhin verstecken sie es gar nicht erst!
Doxing relies on compiling scattered data into one profile. When decentralized networks expose verification tokens in public fields, scrapers lower the barrier for bad actors to map real identities to personas en masse. Structure matters. #WsocialFacts #WeDontHaveTimeFORDRAMA
Is scraping ATProto data doxing? Yes, in effect. Even if some of us choose to be public, centralizing legal names and birth years into a searchable directory strips away anonymity from those who opted to stay private. Weaponized aggregation is still a dox. #WsocialFacts #WeDontHaveTimeFORDRAMA
#WsocialFacts #WeDontHaveTimeFORDRAMA
Examples or Analogies:
To illustrate the concept, consider the following example:
#WsocialFacts #WeDontHaveTimeFORDRAMA
Addressing Potential Questions:
#WsocialFacts #WeDontHaveTimeFORDRAMA
Let us explore what is #doxing? Will we?
"A platform that has consent from the users for the data is not doxing!"
Oh they're still at it 🤦
My position is completely public: I want W gone. I have no financial interests in this, and I don’t hide behind an anonymous account. That’s the difference between you and me: I say openly what I think and I do it for free!
"Funniest thing ever: a platform doxes its users while its admin hides behind an anonymous handle"
A platform that has consent from the users for the data is not doxing! @wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social which didn't get consent for that data is guilty of it. #WeDontHaveTimeFORDRAMA #WsocialFacts
Funniest shit ever: a platform doxxes its users while its admin hides behind an anonymous handle... then asks, “Who are you?” I never imagined a PR fail this perfectly self-inflicted.
#Wsocial #WsocialFacts #Widentity #wned #WeDontHaveTimeFORDRAMA
#WIdentity is the real product.
@wsocial.eu is just a testing ground.