this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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I used to manually remove for example the GPS location when using Reddit since I don't trust them. Does Lemmy or any Android client remove it by default?

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[โ€“] tedvdb@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but that's something anyway;

  • DM's are unencrypted and stored in the database.
  • If the instance owner decides to pull the plug it's all gone.

So by joining an instance you're putting trust in the owner of the instance either way.

But there is still a difference between the owner being able to take my public content offline and them knowing my private location. However, since my instance is non commercial and doesn't make any money by tracking it shouldn't be that bad to trust them on that.