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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your instance admin can see it. It’s not public though.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anyone with access to the sql database can see it.

[–] Hangglide 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Who has access to the database?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It would be different in every instance. Generally the instance β€œowner” as I would call it. But also and developer that may have been given access.

People assume it’s admin. But as far as I can see, on my admin profile, I have no access to that data.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You need actual access to the server. Like ssh permissions

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yeh. That’s why I call it the β€œowner” rather than admin. Even though the owner would also be an admin.

So basically the owner. Or anyone who the owner gives access to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

whomever owns/manages the instance.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

if your worried getting spammed with emails, i'd suggest using an email relay in your Lemmy account instead of using your primary email add. Here is an example - https://relay.firefox.com/

[–] d_cent 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What about messages? Where do they live and can they be seen by anyone?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Much like reddit, facebook or other apps with dms, only the instance owners (of the instances the users belong to) can see them. They aren't encrypted. There was some work on e2ee messages on the Mastodon side but it stagnated.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Support question, please see rule #3 and [email protected]

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