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Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? (raddle.me)
submitted 2 years 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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[-] kool_newt@beehaw.org 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The fediverse is the real internet, it's not a company providing a service. On the real internet, once something gets out there, there can never be a guarantee that it's taken back. Even on Reddit, once you post something, Reddit might fully delete it but someone out there may have copied it.

[-] Zetaphor@zemmy.cc 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I had years worth of posts and comments that I deleted via the interface a while ago. Then as part of the reddit exodus I decided to run a removal tool that used the API, and it turns out 11 years worth of "deleted posts" were all still sitting out there, they were just hidden from me.

I did find it strange when I received a reply to a years old comment that my profile page said was deleted, but I just thought it was a caching issue. Turns out all of that content was still out there with my name attached, I was the only one who couldn't see it.

[-] Ivyymmy@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

What about editing the comments? Do they keep any log of the original message and the subsequent edits or something? Maybe this would be a workaround to effectively delete them.

[-] Zetaphor@zemmy.cc 2 points 2 years ago

There's no way to know without proper testing, and I'm gone for good. I did use redact.dev, which overwrote all of my comments before deleting them, so fingers crossed that the account is nuked.

[-] marco@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

Multiple people reported Reddit undeleted stuff they had deleted from their accounts recently ...

[-] zbyte64 2 points 2 years ago

That's why you rewrite your old comments to actively steer people away from the site. ASCII rocket ships, Lemmy links, etc

[-] Ivyymmy@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

That's what I was thinking, do someone know if Reddit keeps logs or something?

[-] useful_idiot@lemmy.eatsleepcode.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Ive been doing daily PowerDeleteSuite cleanses of my reddit profile, stuff just keeps re-appearing

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