Hello,
Since your Lemmy posts, comments, related activities, and your basic profile information will be stored in the databases across the fediverse, possibly never to be deleted (or kept by somebody who can), do you:
- Always use Tor/VPN with a fediverse app?
- Recommend others do the same?
If you feel that it is unnecessary, why do you feel that way? If you think it is necessary, why so?
Thanks. I am trying to get a feel of what I should do. For example, if my instance loses its data (due to a hack, sale, vulnerability, etc.), I am pretty sure all the information is lost (including my IP addresses). If other instances lose their data, or keep the data for their own purposes, then my posts/comments/related activities are lost (maybe excluding some of my profile information, my settings, and my IP addresses).
I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
What data does Lemmy store that isn’t already inherently public. Private DMs and IPs are all I can think of, and neither of those are of any value as far as I’m concerned.