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.
I think a lot of people have forgotten this. Very few folks these days remember bloggers getting shut down for stuff they posted. Or stuff posted on mailing lists (like dc-stuff). Or for stuff they posted on Usenet (the Co$ was behind that one, most notably).
Seriously, folks. If you post it online, someone can get to it. It’s public in deed if not in intent.
I think a lot of people have forgotten this. Very few folks these days remember bloggers getting shut down for stuff they posted. Or stuff posted on mailing lists (like dc-stuff). Or for stuff they posted on Usenet (the Co$ was behind that one, most notably).
Seriously, folks. If you post it online, someone can get to it. It’s public in deed if not in intent.