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
  • anaximander
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    1 year ago

    Part of it will depend on what data you’re holding, and part will depend on who’s running the instance. A lot of people won’t be covered, but I’d wager there’s some here and there who need to consider it.