Technology • 11 months ago

Admin of an anarchist Mastodon server raided by FBI, insecure user data gets seized

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Admin of an anarchist Mastodon server raided by FBI, insecure user data gets seized

Technology • 11 months ago

An anarchist-oriented Mastodon server has seen one of its admins raided by the FBI. The admin in question was working with an unencrypted backup of the Mastodon server, which was also seized.

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6•11 months ago
If you DM’d nudes to a Kolektiva user, the FBI now has it
- @aski3252@lemmy.world
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  12•11 months ago
  That’s why you get a big warning message informing you that DM’s are not encrypted and thus not secure.

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