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Tell me if I’m wrong, but federated systems don’t seem to be the best for privacy because you can’t ever delete all of the copies of your posts and comments? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I was thinking about this recently… By going to a federated system, one that essentially copies all of your content from one instance to another, when you delete a comment, does that comment get deleted on every instance? Is that even possible?

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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Yes, this is essentially the Analog Loophole. If you show something to someone it is effectively impossible to stop them from taking a copy.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I used this loophole in the early 2000's when I tricked my PC into thinking my VCR was a second monitor connected by S-video. I didn't have enough storage space for all those episodes of Sealab 2021 and Aqua Teen Hunger Force I was pirating, so I recorded them to VHS to save costly data storage space.

    I still have those tapes squirreled away somewhere.

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