This may look like a weird question btw.

I see constantly people here worried about digital security, I see people using Tor, deleting social networks, and just sharing the different levels of security that they use.

So I was wondering, how safe is Lemmy? Sure it doesnt collect info like Twitter and Meta does, but that doesnt mean its 100% safe. So what are the main problems we can have here? Is there anything the 3 letter agencies could exploit? Is there any preventive measures users could take?

  • @CriticalResist8A
    6•2 years ago

    To explain some of that, we wanted to move the hosting to a non-5 eyes country, but also needed a host that could deliver infrastructure as well as DDoS protection and, if possible, privacy guarantees (that they won’t delete your hosting because you say stuff they don’t like). This Swiss host is the one we eventually found that fit everything, you can read more about them here: https://swissmade.host/en/.

    We would have moved the hosting to China to be completely safe but it was unfeasible at the time (need someone to speak Chinese and be able to make payments there which can be difficult).

      • @CriticalResist8A
        5•2 years ago

        Probably, yeah, but I think we have a one year contract with the current host and we made the switch not long ago, like two months or so. @muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml took care of it at the time so he can help you more than I with the technical stuff.

        • Muad'DibberA
          2•2 years ago

          We could switch at any time, but this host is fine for now. If we start getting some warnings from them for being too communist, then it’ll be time to find another host.