Was the form of private messages disclosed? Does meta claim end to end encryption on Facebook/Facebook messenger? That would be new to me.

Having to provide back doors is another issue with the law/government and courts, not Meta or their power.

IMO lying is not an issue of power as the commenter I replied to mentioned. They implied Meta was the perpetrator, the active part in all this. When in fact they either followed law or followed the law while being a shitty company. But they’re not the active part, the cause in this ordeal.

which prompted the state to issue Meta with a search warrant for their chat history and data including log-in timestamps and photos. Meta complied with the request

They followed the law. Which they have to do.

This is an issue primarily with the law. It’s not like Meta proactively shared that data.

There’s huge issues with Meta. But they’re mostly beside the point here, and certainly not the problematic power at play here.

Deflecting from law makers, courts, and prosecution to just Meta is misplaced and counter-productive.

Using different passwords for different services protects you against data leaks opening attack vectors for all your services as well as malicious actors using your passwords like that as well as phishing impact.

A password manager is a must for reasonable security.

I use keepass. Local DB file with Master password. No hosted service or Browser extension is another layer of protection, of risk reduction. I manually copy/sync the DB file via cloud storage as a backup and for mobile use.

I use Browser password storage selectively. The most critical stuff definitely only belongs into my memory and password database.