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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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How do DM's work in Lemmy? How safe are they? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Melody@lemmy.one 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

It is not unsafe.
It is not 100% private. Admins can read your messages if they choose to investigate your messages.
It will not get blasted out to the whole fediverse; just to the recipient you indicated. (Unless an admin from the previous point reads your message and publishes it publicly on the fediverse)
You do not get to do anything naughty with it; expect to be caught if you break the rules.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It is not unsafe.
It is not 100% private. Admins can read your messages if they choose to investigate your messages.

These points contradict one another.

[–] Melody@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No; they don't. You just wanted to be a reply guy.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

They absolutely do. A private messaging system which is not private is the definition of unsafe. Especially in the context of a post on !privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] CrayonMaster@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It does what it claims to do, it's just that what it claims to do is clearly not complete privacy.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

If something claims to be unsafe and delivers, that doesn't make it any more safe.

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