Privacy

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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

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Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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Can I delete my Lemmy account and just vanish? (lemmy.today)

submitted 22 hours ago by admin@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I like sharing my thoughts and struggles here, but I don't want it to be a permanent digital footprint and wish to delete all the posts and comments one day.

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[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 11 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

If you used Tor or a Reputable No-Log VPN, just check the "delete all posts and comments" and delete your account. You should be safe.
If not, then ask your instance admin to delete logs of your IP and then delete your account along with all posts and comments. If they follow through, you should be safe.
If you don't use Tor or VPN, and your admin refuses, or lies to you about deleting the IP, then you have no recourse but to go to settings, check the box, and delete your account, and hope your adversaries don't gain the cooperation of your instance admin (e.g. Legal Orders to obtain information).

Edit: The info isn't gonna be completely gone, but if you didn't post any personal identifiable information, it's just a random stranger's post on the internet, not attributed to you.