I’m trying to understand how safe it is to use an account on lemmy.world to post dissenting opinions regarding the U.S. government. I have three questions:
- If a subpoena is issued for IP records for a user or their comments, will all historical IP data be available to provide?
- Is there a time limit on how long IP records are kept?
- When a user deletes their account on lemmy.world, are their comments and/or IP records also deleted?
Asking for a friend…
The fediverse is different than online social media. You have one server who has the data yes, but you are essentially blasting out all of your opinions across the entirety of the fediverse, where anyone or any entity can have a listener. There are no deletes either, meaning that whoever is listening does not have obey the delete request.
We have our open world free from takedowns and corporate, but the tradeoff is privacy. Expect anyone to be listening
whoever is listening does not have to obey the delete request
Say it louder for those in back. I kept getting downvoted when I said that the GDPR won’t help them on the fediverse as there are instances in places it won’t help.
I know me too, I love it here don’t get me wrong, but literally anyone can host an instance. GDPR is great overall, but it doesn’t cover when you blast your data to N number of other servers. There’s no clawback, and even then like we both said, there’s nothing stopping a 3 letter agency for listening and just ignoring the delete request. I love it here, but I’m not going to just give out private info either. If you want encrypted messaging, go to Matrix
Thanks for the reply. I have read the privacy policy, but it is rather unspecific. But, I thank you for the link. I think it’s probably safest to delete my account now.
