Maybe you’re pronouncing sewer in thinking of a person who sews instead of sewer as in waste drainage.

Username is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

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It’s important to note that your password has to be stored someway, no matter what, no matter where. How it’s stored can be varied, from hashed (think encrypted) to cleartext. I’m assuming lemmy is using hashed passwords, so if you’re concerned about your password being available to an instance owner, admin, or potential attackers, then you’ll need to follow safe password guidelines. Changing the concept from passwords to passphrases is a great start.

Always keep in mind, if the data isn’t stored on your device, you do not technically own that data. You have to trust the owners to be good data custodians and treat the data you give them as if it were their own private data.

I’ll leave this now internet-ancient sacred image for future passphrase converts.