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PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to #lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude to lemmy. That would be bad 😱 (tech.michaelaltfield.net)
submitted 3 months ago by maltfield@monero.town to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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This article will describe how lemmy instance admins can purge images from pict-rs.

Nightmare on Lemmy St - A GDPR Horror Story
Nightmare on Lemmy Street (A Fediverse GDPR Horror Story)

This is (also) a horror story about accidentally uploading very sensitive data to Lemmy, and the (surprisingly) difficult task of deleting it.

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[-] maltfield@monero.town 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Unfortunately, the Lemmy devs literally said it would take years to fix this issue. If you think this should be a priority for them, please advocate for them to prioritize it on GitHub:

[-] Blaze@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

Sad to see such communication from the Lemmy devs

[-] The_wild_card@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

I agree the whole issue was lemmy devs being an arse to maltfield

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