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?

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greyface- 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	amelius an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Ok, then I misremembered, thanks. (Couldn't it be that the caching behavior of intermediate nodes still make it a possibility?)

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nikisweeting 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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.