Unencrypted chat history is a prime target for police

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1874605

A 17-year-old from Nebraska and her mother are facing criminal charges including performing an illegal abortion and concealing a dead body after police obtained the pair’s private chat history from Facebook, court documents published by Motherboard show.

  • ZombieTheZombieCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I know, I have no social media and just left reddit too. I hate it when I hear that not being on social media is a “red flag” in the dating scene. But I guess I wouldn’t want to be with someone who cared so little about privacy anyway.

    • Terrasque@infosec.pubEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      Posting “I have no social media” on lemmy. I guess lemmy is antisosial media

    • beatlepus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Sorry to say, it’s not disrespect. It’s a contract. You want to connect, you sell off your ~~soul ~~ data.

      THIS SERVICE IS NOT FREE OF COST. is not plainly written in the contract, but here they are; “disrespected”.