Nothing on the fediverse is truly private. Treat everything you say as public and as permanent.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
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i see,thanks for the repply,i appreciate it!
What do you mean? Are private messages viewable by other users? Or other fediverse admins (that can also be everybody with a computer and a internet connection)
They are potentially viewable by admins since they're not encrypted end to end and are stored in the database. It's why there's a warning message when you try to send someone a DM.
Good to know! Thanks for the explanation.
It's the fediverse. I don't see how it would be any more or less "private".
i still learning,but so far i deleted my reddit and twitter accounts and changed them for mastodon and lemmy,thanks for the reply!
Yeah as everyone else said, nothing in the Internet is truly private.
That said, I believe the fediverse is better for preventing use of your data because no one server/instance has all the data. This makes it harder to track and use your data across servers/instances.
There is also currently no advertising incentive for tracking user data, since there are no ads. Ublock Origin extension blocks 0 things here, which is a marvel on the internet.
I think it'd be possible in future for corporations to make their own federated instances, and those might have ads and/or more tracking? I'm no expert though.
I think there are trade-offs, but overall I feel good about it compared to all the corporate social media sites that we know are tracking and selling data, refusing to delete data, etc.
Regarding corporate instances; sure it would be possible for corporate interests to carve out their own federated space, but as is inherent within the fediverse, one can simply avoid those instances.
I can reply from our Lemmy instance :-) I think it depends on how you post certain things. But mostly it's public I guess
Mastodon and other Fediverse software have more options if it comes to privacy
oh hi Stux! big fan here! i been following you since plenty of time at mastodon ,thanks for the reply :)
Most welcome! <3 You make me blush..
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