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diff --git a/docs/USERGUIDE.md b/docs/USERGUIDE.md index a8991b1..214b6e9 100644 --- a/docs/USERGUIDE.md +++ b/docs/USERGUIDE.md @@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ What deletion does **not** do: ask the operator — `meshbay-node member unpin <user>` and deleting your files are their commands to run (§4). - **It does not erase the connection log.** IP records are kept for their legal retention - period and stay attributable; that is what they exist for. + period and stay attributable: the username is copied onto those rows as the account is + deleted, so the log still says *who*, and does not answer `deleted-3f9a1c` for exactly + the records anyone would be asking about. Releasing the name for re-registration and + keeping it in the log are separate things. Deletion is refused while you still own a group. Hand the group over or delete it first — otherwise its members would be stranded. The error names the groups blocking you. |