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Lemmy, privacy and potential GDPR violations (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Been just linked to this post, that claims that on Lenny:

Messages are never deleted, only hidden, a GDPR violation
Deleted usernames are also not deleted, only hidden, same thing
Stuff remains on federated servers even if you delete it
There's no way to delete yourself from the network if you choose to do so

Gut feeling says none of this is true or is only half truths, but want to be sure before i invest myself heavily on this platform.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You could GDPR the Lemmy servers that are within the EU jurisdiction, but good luck enforcing that outside of EU.

Yup. In order for something like the GDPR to be effective, it requires centralization to both implement and enforce. A decentralized platform is inherently incompatible with that. I don't think any attempt should be made to integrate any semblance of GDPR compliance into Lemmy's code base if it's just for compliance's sake.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah GDPR compliance seems like the kind of thing that should be left down to specific instances if they want/need it, but I personally reckon that a decent chunk of the spirit behind the GDPR - namely, user privacy and the right to delete your data - is worth implementing into Lemmy at a fundamental level!