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
    • raphael@lemmy.mira.pm
      7·
      1 year ago

      And it breaks easily. I still can see several posts on my private instance that have been deleted. The delete command never made it to my server for any number of reasons. As some posts never make it to my instance either. I guess in the long term some kind of delivery queue and guarantee would be nice.

        • webghost0101@lemmy.fmhy.ml
          3·
          1 year ago

          Surely this and “a federated system of deletion” is something that can be fixed by the open source devs after there done with the ungodly amount of work the influx of users creates?

            • webghost0101@lemmy.fmhy.ml
              1·
              1 year ago

              Damn, ive actually always been in favor of integrating blockchain into the web. My best idea was that if we used blockchain to track orginal sources of verified images/footage to combat misrepresentation/fake news. Then nft happend and that mess understandably ruined any appetite for blockchain progress.