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Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? (raddle.me)
submitted 1 year ago by elbowmacaroni@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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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
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[–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I completely agree. I'd add that. in general I wouldn't put any type of personal information on the internet, no social media site, is really private.

[–] Hexorg@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

The line gets a little blurry if you start posting into a geographical community though. Sometimes it’s hard to stay 100% anonymous

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was rather peeved I had to give an email to create an account on Lemmy. It shouldn't be needed.

[–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I have an email that I specifically use for the fediverse. I wasn't asked to give email here, but otherwise it would have been hard to know when and whether my join in request was approved or not.

[–] fedi@geddit.social 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately there has been a wave of fake accounts being created on lemmy. Requiring email on signup is one way to try to prevent this from happening.