Crosspost regarding my privacy concerns about Lemmy's deletion feature
Crosspost regarding my privacy concerns about Lemmy's deletion feature
I want to preface this with the fact that I’m quite new to lemmy and using the fediverse as a whole (this is my first account on a fediverse server), but I have had my eyes on the concept for a while now. What I want to address is some of the issues regarding Lemmy and I want to discuss solutions to...
thought I'd post it here as well for visibility
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I personally consider this to be a potential positive for moderation' sake. Let's say someone posts illegal content and then quickly deletes it the post. Well, the illegal content would still be uploaded on the server hodling the instance hosts potentially liable for storing such content. This feature allows for that content to be found and removed from the server.
deleted user accounts still have their data remain on the instance.
This one is the one which I could see the most problems with, especially if the instance requires you use an email to signup. This is something i'd like to have addressed in the software. This is definitely something to take into account when creating an account on a lemmy instance, especially those which require email or other personal information.
Perhaps we should have it state to not use your main email if you're not comfortable with people potentially having it on our signup form?
I don't know, that almost feels implied, especially since it says (optional) in the email textbox when signing up.
What if the post was removed publicly, kept for 30 days, then removed from the server entirely? Similar to the way the "trash" in your trash bin works on PC.
This feels like something that should be configured on an instance level, if we're talking about storing data for a certain number of days before deletion.