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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If image embeds aren't cached by your server they can be abused to gain IP, but that's a hack, it's not intended.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can set a Lemmy server to proxy image requests

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Exactly, that's why I said for ones that aren't cached. They can be cached, but it's not a guarantee they will be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Proxying is a separate option from caching. I think it was added in 0.19.5