Warning: Lemmy doesn't care about your privacy, everything is tracked and stored forever, even if you delete it
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Federated services have always had privacy issues but I expected Lemmy would have the fewest, but it’s visibly worse for privacy than even Reddit.

  • Deleted comments remain on the server but hidden to non-admins, the username remains visible
  • Deleted account usernames remain visible too
  • Anything remains visible on federated servers!
  • When you delete your account, media does not get deleted on any server
  • t3rmit3@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    can’t anyone who runs a lemmy instance script all that in the db? alternately, can’t anyone who claims to do so just not do it in the db? it’s not like you would ever know.

    • mainfrog@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      A sketchy instance operator isn’t really a solid defense against implementation of better privacy features in the source code.

      • t3rmit3@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        No, but it’s important with privacy features for people to actually understand how they function and what their limitations are.

        Lots of people think that incognito mode hides their activity from their ISPs. Last thing we want are people using Lemmy and thinking they can e.g. use it for secure communication, and getting caught by the feds.