I’ve just recently moved to Lemmy, and so far I’m enjoying it quite a bit. However, I’ve been thinking about the privacy issues whe DMing someone here.

Since this is a federated service, when you DM someone you have to trust both your server’s admin, as well as the recipient’s. Not that I particularly trusted reddit, but at least it was 1 corporation with (hopefully) some solid security procedures in place, and potential penalties for data breaches. Whereas in Lemmy, it might just be 2 random guys.

I’ve added an age key to my profile, in the hopes to make people aware of this issue. As well as giving them an option, if they wish to contact me privately.

I know, it’s not user friendly. But it’s the only way I could think of that wouldn’t rely on email + GPG. Does anyone know of a better solution?

EDIT: I also realise that not having signing capabilities might be an issue… So maybe reverting back to good ol’ GPG is a better option?

  • russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    There’s an option/field in Lemmy’s settings to put in a Matrix User ID, although I’ve had mine there and have no clue where it shows up. If I go to my profile, I can’t see it, unless I’m really overlooking it haha.

    • scarecrw@lemmy.oneEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      It probably doesn’t show when viewing your own profile, but yours shows two links:

      • Send Message which links to sending a private message through lemmy
      • Send Secure Message which links to sending a message through matrix
      • russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        Ah that would make sense. That’s actually really cool that it even explicitly marks the Matrix option as the secure one too!