• RightEdofer@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Sure but it would be trivial for a company to build profiles on people using public apps like Lemmy.

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      4 months ago

      But not necessarily link it to your other accounts or real identity, which is the point.

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        4 months ago

        Unless you are one of the extreme privacy people, like deep into freakaziod territory, the folks who build tracking / id systems would maybe need an afternoon to go from your Lemmy username to your home address and underwear size.

        • Pennomi@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          For my account sure. I use the same username most places. But it’s also reasonable to have a fairly decent Lemmy account that’s decoupled from all your other online accounts. Use a temp email provider, VPN, and proper browser and you’re most of the way there.