Warning: Lemmy doesn't care about your privacy, everything is tracked and stored forever, even if you delete it
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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
  • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I was rather peeved I had to give an email to create an account on Lemmy. It shouldn’t be needed.

    • Retronautickz@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      2 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.

    • fedi@geddit.socialEnglish
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      2 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.