Wasn't the problem with IPFS always that it allowed random strangers to put data on your machine, which could make you an accessory in crime?
Wasn't the problem with IPFS always that it allowed random strangers to put data on your machine, which could make you an accessory in crime?
IPFS doesn't fetch or store content that the user has not explicitly requested. If your application allows strangers to request arbitrary IPFS objects, this might be a concern. Otherwise, no, simply running a node doesn't expose you to this risk.
Ok, then I misremembered, thanks.
(Couldn't it be that the caching behavior of intermediate nodes still make it a possibility?)
You can choose what you pin when you run a node, no one can force you to host stuff you don't want to host.