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
  • Retronautickz@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    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.orgEnglish
      4·
      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.ukEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

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

      • Retronautickz@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        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.socialEnglish
        1·
        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.