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FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users (www.eff.org)

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[–] CodeMonkeyDance@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I want to know what these unrelated charges were for before I get up in arms about a nothing burger. Sound sus as hell.

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago

It's irrelevant to the EFF's point here, because a database backup containing user data was seized by the FBI. Those users almost certainly had nothing to do with whatever the charges were.