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This is possible because Lemmy doesn’t proxy external images but instead loads them directly. While not all that bad, this could be used for Spy pixels by nefarious posters and commenters.
Note, that the only thing that I willingly log is the “hit count” visible in the image, and I have no intention to misuse the data.
This is true for most link aggregators that attempt to render external content. Proxying images and videos would dramatically increase costs.
If you care that much about anonymity, use a VPN/Tor and a browser with advanced fingerprinting resistance — tor browser, mullvad browser, or firefox with resist fingerprinting = true.
At the very least setting referer policy headers and such would be a good addition.
That’s great except those browsers often don’t work.
My favorite Linux distro: Windows.
But I’m not on chrome mobile…
