this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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As we are concerned about privacy, I am curious just to understand if lemmy can be at some point exploited by someone to profile its users.

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[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if I view a thing from another instance? Would it not also be able to log that?

Each instance serves the content from that instance, so from my understanding the only thing other instances can see are subscribed communities to be able to federate posts. Upvotes/Downvotes can possibly be tracked per user as they are federated on a per-vote basis currently, though this is just something I read and don't have sources at the present.