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Sites don't store passwords, they store password hashes. There is no reason to give any personal info you aren't comfortable giving. You can use the site just fine without posting any
Hacking an account is still a valid concern though for various reasons , and hashes can still be used against password lists. Additionally, Two factor authentication is a necessity for sure. Now don’t get me wrong, I completely understand this feature is coming and that this is a developing service but many of these concerns do seem valid to me.
Let's assume you're doing the best practice thing and using a long and unique password for each service you use.
What benefit does a hacker have hacking your lemmy-based account? Considering that everything you post is public... There's simply nothing of value that you would obtain by "hacking" an account here... The only thing I can think of is if your a moderator of a community or an admin of an instance.
I just don't see any value to it... But even then.. 2fa is slated for v0.18 which is probably coming out in the next few weeks.
Only basic TOTP 2FA though. Webauthn/FIDO2 should be coming in the future though.
Mostly thinking impersonation, spamming, deletion or modification of history…. Although I’m sure there are probably other reasons too.
What makes you think large social media platforms don't have these exact problems? Because they definitely do.
This software being open source will hopefully make it more secure one day than even things like twitter. This is because everyone can see and inspect the source code and try to find vulnerabilities. When they are fixed then (hopefully) all of the instances get updated. It's what helps make Linux generally more secure than Windows.
It seems to me you don't see the value in open source platforms like this. If this is true then fair enough. Just don't come crying to me when reddit does something you don't like.
Impersonation - Not sure this matters unless you're a mod or admin. Spamming - Just make the accounts yourself.... it's going to be infinitely easier to just make spam accounts from nothing (since it's free anyway) than to designate resources to cracking a password. Deletion/Modification of history - modlogs allow reverting ALL changes outside of full account deletion. Full account deletion - Well that's annoying at the very least. But not like it's the end of the world or has any actual cost associated with it.
It's a lot of work to do so little actual damage. It's not like twitter where hacking Elon's account can actually lead to monetary gain.