• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    Now is a good time to remind users that you are placing some trust in the instance that you use. Lemmy is not anonymous. It is pseudo-anonymous. Your instance can do pretty much anything with your account up to and including turning your account into a sock puppet, and they know exactly where you’re connecting from.

    With that said, it’s a lot better than most social media today that actively tries to violate your privacy at every turn.

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      1 year ago

      To add to this: some instances require your email address, and others don’t.

      Obviously there are plenty of other ways you won’t be really anonymous, but if it’s important to you, one step in mitigating issues is not to have an email associated with your account.