I’ve just recently moved to Lemmy, and so far I’m enjoying it quite a bit. However, I’ve been thinking about the privacy issues whe DMing someone here.

Since this is a federated service, when you DM someone you have to trust both your server’s admin, as well as the recipient’s. Not that I particularly trusted reddit, but at least it was 1 corporation with (hopefully) some solid security procedures in place, and potential penalties for data breaches. Whereas in Lemmy, it might just be 2 random guys.

I’ve added an age key to my profile, in the hopes to make people aware of this issue. As well as giving them an option, if they wish to contact me privately.

I know, it’s not user friendly. But it’s the only way I could think of that wouldn’t rely on email + GPG. Does anyone know of a better solution?

EDIT: I also realise that not having signing capabilities might be an issue… So maybe reverting back to good ol’ GPG is a better option?

  • BrikoXEnglish
    11•1 year ago

    Just to add to this, they have a separate option Send Secure Message which opens Matrix private room directly if the user has Matrix handle added to their Lemmy profile.

    • @NightOwlEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      I might as well start learning how to use matrix too with how I finally got into lemmy. Time to start learning alternatives to commercially available services.

    • SalamanderEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Ohh, I did not know that! I should add a Matrix handle then