admin@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoWhich is most privacy friendly instance of lemmy?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareWhich is most privacy friendly instance of lemmy?admin@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebad_news@lemmy.billiam.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up56·2 days agoNo instance is privacy friendly, literally all activity here is public by definition.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 days agoAnd to further clarify, even DMs aren’t technically private, they’re just hidden.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 days agoSupporting this, Lemmy encourages people not to use DMs and wants people to add Matrix user details to their profile instead.
minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 day agoA DM is literally just like @ing someone on Mastodon and setting the visibility to that user only. It’s just unlisted. If you were the instance admin or otherwise knew the ID of the DM, you can find it.
No instance is privacy friendly, literally all activity here is public by definition.
And to further clarify, even DMs aren’t technically private, they’re just hidden.
Supporting this, Lemmy encourages people not to use DMs and wants people to add Matrix user details to their profile instead.
They do it the right way.
A DM is literally just like @ing someone on Mastodon and setting the visibility to that user only. It’s just unlisted. If you were the instance admin or otherwise knew the ID of the DM, you can find it.