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Are users data protected on the fediverse? (feddit.it)

submitted 8 hours ago by dontblink@feddit.it 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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[–] rglullis@communick.news 10 points 7 hours ago

Asking to delete data that you published on the public internet is the same as asking for water to be not wet.

Don't fall for the illusion of privacy that the proprietary networks give you: there are people that copy data from reddit just for the fun of it. Always assume that anything you publish online is publicly available.