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
  • Ivyymmy@lemmy.oneEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

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

    • marco@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      In general, when you delete something you are really just setting a property in the database that says hidden.

      Reality is the owner of the platform has access to your stuff forever, unless some “right to be forgotten” legislation comes into play.