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submitted 1 week ago by shamrockpreacher5@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Just curious.

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[–] Idontevenknowanymore@hexbear.net 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I bailed on reddit and killed my account because I fear that 45*/47's thought police would be able to correlate my post history with my identity. My login here isn't even tied to an email. I intend to make the challenge of backtracking me a lively one.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Your ip should be in the instance logs, right? Same for reddit?

[–] Idontevenknowanymore@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

Theoretically deleting the account will scrub at least my comments, and I'm hoping if it takes them long enough any backups will be overwritten. It's not like I was advocating for violent action or anything, but I do work in a sensitive position and I don't need something I said in my free time and thought to cause me problems.