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Are users data protected on the fediverse? (feddit.it)
submitted 22 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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[โ€“] rimu@piefed.social 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It is a basic feature and it does work. Except in rare cases.

[โ€“] rglullis@communick.news 3 points 12 hours ago

"it works when everyone behaves well" is not the same as being protected.

It doesn't even take a malicious actor: I am working on a local-first browser extension that is very aggressive about caching content in the database. There is no "please delete this data" for an extension. You of all people should not be making claims about privacy that you know you can not guarantee.