admin@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoWhich is most privacy friendly instance of lemmy?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareWhich is most privacy friendly instance of lemmy?admin@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebad_news@lemmy.billiam.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up57·1 day agoNo instance is privacy friendly, literally all activity here is public by definition.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 day agoAnd to further clarify, even DMs aren’t technically private, they’re just hidden.
minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-223 hours 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.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 day agoSupporting this, Lemmy encourages people not to use DMs and wants people to add Matrix user details to their profile instead.
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.
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.
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.