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Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? (raddle.me)

submitted 1 year 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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[-] Lols@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

its the principle behind the 'right to be forgotten'

if you posted something to a public forum and changed your mind, deciding it shouldnt be public after all, you should have that option

[-] Lionir@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

While this makes sense for corporations - it doesn't really make sense on the internet. People will archive, take screenshots, etc. Anything that is public on the internet will likely stay on someone's computer for years no matter how much we try to delete things.

It is kind of naive to think that the right to be forgotten will be respected by anyone other than the service provider.