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Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 years 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

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Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

cross-posted to:
colombia@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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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You could before (SMTP, NNTP, FidoNET) but the blockchain community buys better advertising.

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