[PSA] Beware of attaching any remotely sensitive data to Lemmy posts as you will immediately lose control over them
https://lemmy.world/post/131106
[PSA] Beware of attaching any remotely sensitive data to Lemmy posts as you will immediately lose control over them - Lemmy.world
I was trying to add my first post but after I attached an image file I noticed
it got automatically uploaded to ghostarchive.org [http://ghostarchive.org],
archive.org [http://archive.org] and archive.today even before making the actual
post. There is also no warning about that anywhere to be seen. I think this is
major privacy concern especially that user has no control to delete that image
from abovementioned services. What if you mistakenly pick private image to
upload when creating post? You can remove it from Lemmy to correct it but it’s
already outside of your control. Long story short: you completely lose control
over any image you attach when trying to create Lemmy post.
Let's talk about disadvantages of Lemmy
https://lemmy.world/post/128267
Let's talk about disadvantages of Lemmy - Lemmy.world
First of all I am super happy that such alternative exists but it’s far from
perfect due to many reasons and this is why I think it’s not ready yet to absorb
the influx of reddit users because many of them will just bounce off when they
realize it. My biggest gripes so far: - Users are unable to block whole
instances hence you either need to register with instance that already blocks
unwanted instances (which is not perfect because it might block also those that
you don’t want to be blocked) or you need to block manually every single
community there or you will be exposed to lemmygrad or other tankie instances.
That’s so basic feature I can’t find any logical reasons that was not a thing
since day 1. - Lemmy is one of the least privacy friendly (unless you just use
throwaways and disposable mail like you should) service I have ever stumbled
upon and while it’s partially due to how federation works it’s just a fact that
even reddit did that better because it was way easier to nuke your account and
all traces (including nicknames in deleted comments, which is not a case on
lemmy). - There is no possibility to migrate or backup your subscribed/favorited
stuff or even move it to another instance (which somehow is possible on
Mastodon), so you basically have to trust that your instance won’t disappear
overnight. Obviously any site can disappear, centralized or not but there are
bigger chances that some random Joe will decide to close instance without saying
anything than reddit closing down overnight without letting you copy your stuff.
That’s even more annyoing if you consider that instance admin can restrict you
from viewing instances they don’t like, hence you would need to create account
on another instance and resubscribe to anything manually which is far from
perfect. What are your views on that for the time being?
