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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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[-] rothaine@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Not a guarantee, but a reasonable effort would be good.

Consider doxxing. It would be better if instances propagated delete requests to the fullest extent possible so that that information would be as hard as possible to find.

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Moderation is a separate matter entirely.

[-] rothaine@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Not if deletes don't propagate well.

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Propagating deletes is a request from one moderator to another moderator. If the 2nd moderator doesn't cooperate with the delete, then you have a moderation policy issue.