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Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? (raddle.me)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a non issue. You just cannot expect to be able to delete anything you post on the internet. Even the great reddit with the awesome deletion feature cannot help you. You might be able to delete your comment there, but there is https://www.unddit.com/ https://archive.is/ https://web.archive.org/ and many others, where your comment will still be available.

[–] WhiteBlackGoose 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh. Often times I want to delete it particularly on reddit or some other place. Just so that it doesn't hang on my profile

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, reddit doesn't actually allow you to delete things anymore, so tough luck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

When did that happen?