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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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[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a poor answer to be honest. Total privacy is an illusion, but having the tools to delete some of the traces if wanted should be there. I would argue that the EU law about the right to be forgotten might want a word with someone.

I escaped Reddit, but i hold anyone else to a standard too.

Lemmy, do better or it wont end well. https://gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten/