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.

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@pulaskiwasright wow pointing out one problem to justify another… all while avoiding the consequences of either. bravo

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I’m pointing out that in a democracy, people really do make laws for things that they don’t do. It couldn’t work any other way.

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