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Are users data protected on the fediverse? (feddit.it)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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In other words, can any user delete its data on its will and is there something that will remove its data from all the connected activitypub services? I believe this should actually be a basic feature and pretty much a requirement.

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[–] 25 points 8 months ago (7 children)

You are technically correct but the fact is that 99.9% of federated activities, including delete requests, are processed normally and in the expected way. That is not "impossible to delete" that is "will be deleted except in exceptional circumstances".

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    What happens with servers that are defederared. Is that one of the 0.01%?

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Good question!

    PieFed sends delete requests to every known server, including defederated ones. I've seen a ton of delete requests from Mastodon too, for accounts that don't exist on PieFed so it looks like Mastodon does that too. No idea about other fedi platforms.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I'd be willing to bet there's archiving going via software/servers that don't obey deletion requests.

    Anything federated is public information.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Even if things get deleted we‘re still on the internet and everything is posted public and exposed to being scrapped the second you submit something. Your anonymity is your best friend here, I think.

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