I wanted give a try to kbin.social but not sure how private is the instance, the interface looks really nice but im worried about its privacy and how private is compared with Lemmy?

  • Wander@yiffit.net
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    1 year ago

    Nothing on the fediverse is truly private. Treat everything you say as public and as permanent.

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      1 year ago

      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)

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        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.

  • stux⚡ @geddit.social
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    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