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Use Kbin at your own risk. Can’t delete account. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I signed up kbin.social but have since decided to go all in on Lemmy. I’ve tried all day to delete my account on kbin but it won’t let me. Once I click the delete confirmation pop up it simply reloads the feed and keeps your account.

Be warned. Currently you have no control over your data there. I think that settles it for me. I won’t be using that service again.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I am once again reminded of the always relevant XKCD comic

I do see and understand the concern, and honestly, I don't see a way around it. At some point, you have to supply some information to access services, especially if you want any sort of customization to your experience. I guess if you are really concerned about it, don't use that email/password/username combo anywhere else.

Edit: Apologies, I am still figuring out how formatting works here.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People should be using a password manager in 2023. No password reuse if you automatically generate new 20+ character passwords for each website or service you use.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed. I use 1Password and love it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use Bitwarden, thinking about deploying a local copy of Vaultwarden as a backup as well. I’d be in trouble if access to Bitwarden’s servers went down.