This article will describe how lemmy instance admins can purge images from pict-rs.
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| 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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zeps@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Good post! Also an exercise in how many times you can include the same link lol
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 2y
In boost I have a list of all my uploaded pictures, where I can delete them.
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com · 0 pts · 2y
If someone on my instance checks out a post with one of your photos, it will be downloaded to the pictrs folder on my server, and then served to the user. This is how Lemmy works.
I don't see how your boost can manage to delete it from there.
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
Yes, the deletion would have to be federated, there is no way to guarantee anything at that point. But as I understand OP this is about acting quickly, on an upload that isn't even part of a post yet.
If I doxx myself on any service, someone can take a screenshot, it could be archived. But If I delete it before anyone sees it, there is a good chance it will never get out, if the primary platform properly removes it.