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.