Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoHow do DM's work in Lemmy? How safe are they?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down13
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareHow do DM's work in Lemmy? How safe are they?Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareBlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·11 months agoDMs on the fediverse (and Lemmy) are posts with a specific visibility that marks them as DMs. They are sent like any other posts, so there’s no encryption and instance admins could in theory read them in the database.
minus-squareHotzilla@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoNot in theory, in practice, but this is not high need feature. If you need to keep your sexting private, use another platform. If you have a exhibition fetish, go ahead. As a coder I can say that e2e encryption is pain in the ass, key generation and exchanging, complex and annoying to do.
DMs on the fediverse (and Lemmy) are posts with a specific visibility that marks them as DMs. They are sent like any other posts, so there’s no encryption and instance admins could in theory read them in the database.
Not in theory, in practice, but this is not high need feature.
If you need to keep your sexting private, use another platform. If you have a exhibition fetish, go ahead.
As a coder I can say that e2e encryption is pain in the ass, key generation and exchanging, complex and annoying to do.