Server admins with physical access to the database, can view the contents of said database. I am beyond SHOCKED!
Thanks for reposting this valuable information.
Yeah not a fan of that, that’s not something I think people should be able to see.
Lest we forget, most Lemmy instances are hosted by randos on the internet. It may or may not be worse than soulless Corp.
You, too, can be an admin with DB permissions just by following the install instructions.
You’re joking, but as someone who wanted to run my own instance, the install instructions are a hot mess! :D
I don’t have an issue with it. It’s already an anonymous platform, so why do downvotes need to anonymized from your anonymous account? If someone is very concerned about that, they could just make a separate account just to use to down vote and never comment.
If anything maybe it’s unfair that server admins can see the list of who downvoted and the users can’t, so maybe it should be a feature for anyone to see who downvoted.
at this point even if subscriber count can properly sync between instance I’ll be a happy man