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Does Lemmy allow posting through Tor? I know signup varies by instance, does the same variability apply to posting after signup, or is it more uniformly permissive/hostile once account exists?

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[-] Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Depends on the instance.

lemmy.ml, dbzer0, hexbear are all ok on TOR.

lemmy.world is questionable

[-] hatingfedizen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

.world often blocks me from commenting just for using my everyday VPN

[-] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I am not aware of any instance that is hosted only on Tor, but you can use Tor while logging into any instance to remain more anonymous... depending on the kind of credentials they ask for when you sign up.

[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

I have no problems with it.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Me neither. Anyone opposed, please raise your hand.

[-] NotFrenchJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Make the question(s) more interesting:

  • Are there instances which offer users the option to access their user UI+API via tor hidden services?
  • Are there instances which primarily exist as tor hidden services, and thus, federation traffic itself must go through the tor network if an instance wants to federate with them?
  • Are there clear net instances which would be willing to federate with the hypothetical tor hidden service instances mentioned above?
[-] alapakala@quokk.au 1 points 1 week ago

There are no onion addresses on threadiverse: no.
Some even use cloudflare tor disabled: no.

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