I'm afraid of security bugs in the software I'm using, so that containers don't contain, read-only doesn't prevent writing, mounting directories doesn't restrict access to those directories, etc.
I'm a nobody, I can't imagine anyone targeting me or my random domain, but I can imagine getting swept up in a net of attacks of opportunities targeting hosted software with known vulnerabilities, or injected supply chain vulnerabilities, so I want to reduce my attack surface as much as I can (while still actually letting the people I want to access it actually access it)
I'm kinda disappointed with this thread, I'm in a similar position to OP, but all the responses are just like "use a reverse proxy and make your URL hard to guess" and other measures which are not very secure. \
It seems like that's about as good as you can get at the moment, because the mobile apps barf if you try to add in auth in front of the reverse proxy, but a lot of people seem to be providing this advice like it's good enough rather than as good as you can get.
Idk if geo whitelisting is really good enough. I can't speak for OP, but I'm in the same position and I don't. I had high hopes for the post but everyone seems to just brush over the "secure" part
How does hunger and thirst work, if I cannot die? Do I still get hungry? What if I don't eat? What if I just spend most of my time building a house in the woods and doing artwork for months or years at a time, since I don't need to restock provisions?
I don't think many people use tiktok like that. Most people are just commenting, or lurking. It's functionally pretty similar to how YouTube is used for the average person.
I still use YouTube and tiktok.I haven't deleted my Twitter/Facebook/insta/bluesky accounts, but I only visit them if someone sends me a link to look at something specific.
I got accounts on fediverse alternatives, but I rarely use them.
But I have to say, I think that lemmy is probably worse for my mental health than Facebook or Twitter ever were
Afraid people will use known vulnerabilities in common self-hosted software.