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
  • loving_kindness@midwest.socialEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Anything put on the internet is forever. No one should be publicly posting anything with the expectation that they have any control of it after it goes out. If it’s not held by the server, there’s the way back machine or even just folks taking screenshots.

    • cwagner@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      3 years ago

      Anything put on the internet is forever.

      If only. Alas, it’s more “Expect anything put on the internet to be forever”, I already spent a significant amount of time looking for treasures from the earl 2000s, and even from something as recent as 2009, without any luck. I’ve also uploaded songs to YouTube that for all I know have no other sources left, neither illegal nor legal.