Backup Lemmy account
Backup Lemmy account
This is kind of a question and conformation. Is there a way to backup a lemmy account from one instance and in case some thing happens, restore that user in another (with all the posts, likes, etc) ? I read that they were working on cross instance accounts , but is there a workaround meanwhile? Do we know the status of this implementation?
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So far there is only (officially) the ability to export account settings, not the content itself.
Didn't the GDPR have a data portability rule requiring that sites provide users the ability to easily export their own data? Does that not apply to Lemmy for some reason -- or, am I misremembering it? (I remember account data download being a big deal a while back on reddit, but it's been a few years...)
The regulation does not apply to the processing of data by a person for a "purely personal or household activity and thus with no connection to a professional or commercial activity." (Recital 18)
Considering most servers are run by volunteers, it's unlikely the EU will try to enforce it.
However it would be nice to have the feature, and Mastodon does have the feature to export your data to ActivityPub format.
Is that working now, though? Last time I heard you can't transfer messages between servers as well on Masto. Would be amazing if it's possible now!
You can't transfer but you can at least archive.
The issue I could see is ill-intentioned users importing a modified archive to alter the publication date to make it appear they posted something at a specific date in the past when they in fact didn't.