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.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    I was born decades ago and 2 months early; in the glass box for weeeeks to beat the 11% survival-at-all stats.

    Having said that, IT’S STILL NOT FACEBOOK’S BUSINESS as a conveyor and not a filter.

    • Technomancer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      02·
      1 year ago

      You’re right, it’s not Facebook’s business, but this 17-year old and her mother sealed their fate when they used Facebook’s platform to discuss a crime. Facebook had a legal obligation to hand over those messages because they were served a valid warrant.