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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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[-] HorseFD@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

So just to clarify this point:

Anything remains visible on federated servers!

If I delete a comment on beehaw.org, it doesn't get deleted when accessed from another Lemmy instance that federates with Beehaw?

[-] nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

When you delete it your instance tells others that it was deleted, but it cannot force them to follow through.

[-] Prunebutt@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It could defederate any non-compliant instances.

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

How do you know if they are non-complaint without manual verification?

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