One level of privacy is “the site admins have access to data, but don’t abuse it”. But there are other levels, too. Let’s take something I assume is private in this way, the identities of who has up/downvoted a post or comment.
Can someone e.g. inspect the browser page or similar, in order to identify these identities?
Can someone look through the Forum Magnum Github repo and based on the open source code find ways to identify these identities?
Can someone on GreaterWrong identify these identities?
For other things that seem private (e.g. PMs), are any of those vulnerable to stuff like the above?
None of the votes or PMs are vulnerable in that way (barring significant coding errors). Posts have an overall score field, but the power or user id of a vote on a post or comment can’t be queried except that user or an admin.
One level of privacy is “the site admins have access to data, but don’t abuse it”. But there are other levels, too. Let’s take something I assume is private in this way, the identities of who has up/downvoted a post or comment.
Can someone e.g. inspect the browser page or similar, in order to identify these identities?
Can someone look through the Forum Magnum Github repo and based on the open source code find ways to identify these identities?
Can someone on GreaterWrong identify these identities?
For other things that seem private (e.g. PMs), are any of those vulnerable to stuff like the above?
None of the votes or PMs are vulnerable in that way (barring significant coding errors). Posts have an overall score field, but the power or user id of a vote on a post or comment can’t be queried except that user or an admin.