Tom Bortels on Nostr: Nothing on the internet should be thought of as private unless you yourself took ...

Nothing on the internet should be thought of as private unless you yourself took steps to explicitly make it so - and even then I'd be careful, metadata is logged everywhere.

The way I heard it described best is to think of the internet as about as private as a public bulletin board at your supermarket or library. Even if you don't sign your notes, some people can see you put it up and who reads it.