▲ 157 ▼ Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? (raddle.me) submitted 3 years ago by elbowmacaroni@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 282 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) I completely agree. I'd add that. in general I wouldn't put any type of personal information on the internet, no social media site, is really private. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hexorg@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago The line gets a little blurry if you start posting into a geographical community though. Sometimes it’s hard to stay 100% anonymous permalink fedilink source parent [–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I was rather peeved I had to give an email to create an account on Lemmy. It shouldn't be needed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I have an email that I specifically use for the fediverse. I wasn't asked to give email here, but otherwise it would have been hard to know when and whether my join in request was approved or not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fedi@geddit.social 1 point 3 years ago Unfortunately there has been a wave of fake accounts being created on lemmy. Requiring email on signup is one way to try to prevent this from happening. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hexorg@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago The line gets a little blurry if you start posting into a geographical community though. Sometimes it’s hard to stay 100% anonymous permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I was rather peeved I had to give an email to create an account on Lemmy. It shouldn't be needed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I have an email that I specifically use for the fediverse. I wasn't asked to give email here, but otherwise it would have been hard to know when and whether my join in request was approved or not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fedi@geddit.social 1 point 3 years ago Unfortunately there has been a wave of fake accounts being created on lemmy. Requiring email on signup is one way to try to prevent this from happening. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I have an email that I specifically use for the fediverse. I wasn't asked to give email here, but otherwise it would have been hard to know when and whether my join in request was approved or not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fedi@geddit.social 1 point 3 years ago Unfortunately there has been a wave of fake accounts being created on lemmy. Requiring email on signup is one way to try to prevent this from happening. permalink fedilink source parent