Passwords are definitely hashed unless it is a modified version of software, that does the opposite. Also, yes, IP and port number can be easily gathered from pretty much any https requests. Other than that it doesn’t seem that instances collect any other additional info unlike Reddit, that aggressively does browser fingerprinting.
Definetly somewhere in warm place simultaneously near forest and some running water source.
Thanks, but no.
Are you suggesting that other software allows to show more of the Fediverse with Lemmy included?
Recently it became a little bit to expensive to buy a separate computer for this purposes, so I would like to see some alternatives(if they exist) before spending money on a small server.
Oh no. That is another whole year to wait.
Language is a more universal and practical thing in many situations.