I wanted give a try to kbin.social but not sure how private is the instance, the interface looks really nice but im worried about its privacy and how private is compared with Lemmy?

  • Wander@yiffit.netEnglish
    49·
    2 years ago

    Nothing on the fediverse is truly private. Treat everything you say as public and as permanent.

    • peereboominc@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      What do you mean? Are private messages viewable by other users? Or other fediverse admins (that can also be everybody with a computer and a internet connection)

      • Wander@yiffit.netEnglish
        22·
        2 years ago

        They are potentially viewable by admins since they’re not encrypted end to end and are stored in the database. It’s why there’s a warning message when you try to send someone a DM.

    • Lyxea@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      i still learning,but so far i deleted my reddit and twitter accounts and changed them for mastodon and lemmy,thanks for the reply!

      • kulta@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Yeah as everyone else said, nothing in the Internet is truly private.

        That said, I believe the fediverse is better for preventing use of your data because no one server/instance has all the data. This makes it harder to track and use your data across servers/instances.

        • PaperEnglish
          9·
          2 years ago

          There is also currently no advertising incentive for tracking user data, since there are no ads. Ublock Origin extension blocks 0 things here, which is a marvel on the internet.

          I think it’d be possible in future for corporations to make their own federated instances, and those might have ads and/or more tracking? I’m no expert though.

          I think there are trade-offs, but overall I feel good about it compared to all the corporate social media sites that we know are tracking and selling data, refusing to delete data, etc.

          • bobs_monkeyEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Regarding corporate instances; sure it would be possible for corporate interests to carve out their own federated space, but as is inherent within the fediverse, one can simply avoid those instances.

  • stux⚡ @geddit.socialEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    I can reply from our Lemmy instance :-) I think it depends on how you post certain things. But mostly it’s public I guess

    Mastodon and other Fediverse software have more options if it comes to privacy