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Lemmy Instance with no IP address logging! (self.lemmy_support)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by canute to c/[email protected]

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So I was interested in Lemmy, I checked Privacy policies of multiple instances; so far I cannot find any instance which doesn't collect IP address at all; many instances dont even provide any info about what data they are collection (however they are using cookies so I assume they will be logging IPs too). I found some instances that say they delete IP address logs after 12 months, these are :

linux.community
endlesstalk.org
lemmy.one

If anyone knows any other instance with similar or better policy for the user, kindly comment because I took quite a time to read through the "Legal" section of the instances.

Also, I find it odd that lemmy instances are storing 12 months, many firefish instances store IP addresses for 90 days

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Private != anonymous. Saying "we don't collect logs" really doesn't mean all that much as there's still many, many ways to track and uniquely identify you. That said, if you want to shield your IP from an instance using a VPN is your best bet rather than relying on someone's pet Lemmy instance to not store logs or delete them after a period of time.

[–] canute 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed