For those using Private message on Lemmy, there is a major vulnerability. It seems that this instance still runs 18.5

I know that our beloved admins are volunteers and busy, so I don’t blame them for not updating, but while waiting for the update be aware that your PM are as public as your comments

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    10 months ago

    Good to know thas it was patched. Indeed, an issue with federated app is that, instance admin could be dishonest and spy us (while proprietary app will do it). But to my understanding the bug was fully public so a message like call me , on 0123 456 789 could reveal your phone number

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      10 months ago

      Even with this patched I would not advise stating your phone number expecting full security.

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      10 months ago

      I can confirm that DMs are not encrypted and are stored in clear text and therefore could technically be read by admins with database access.
      While we are not actively looking or browsing through DMs, I’d still recommend not sharing anything sensitive through lemmy DMs and instead use something like Matrix or Signal.