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Good article. But the police did only seize their mastodon server in a "take it all" approach because of an other issue.
But once they have it; "Most users are unaware that, in general, once the government lawfully collects information, under various legal doctrines they can and do use it for investigating and prosecuting crimes that have nothing to do with the original purpose of the seizure. The truth is, once the government has the information, they often use it and the law supports this all too often. Defendants in those prosecutions could challenge the use of this data outside the scope of the original warrant, but that’s often cold comfort." From same story linked above.
I dont know how hard or how much effort it would be to used some or all of their suggestions. Maybe this instance already is?
I agree, the problematic thing here is: they have it, so they gonna use it, even if it is not related to their case.
Which suggestions are you speaking of?
A second one on privacy.
Is Mastodon Private and Secure? Let’s Take a Look
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/mastodon-private-and-secure-lets-take-look
"Essentially, Mastodon is about publishing your voice to your followers and allowing others to discover you and your posts. For basic security, instances will employ transport-layer encryption, keeping your connection to the server you’ve chosen private. This will keep your communications safe from local eavesdroppers using your same WiFi connection, but it does not protect your communications, including your direct messages, from the server or instance you’ve chosen—or, if you’re messaging someone from a different instance, the server they’ve chosen. This includes the moderators and administrators of those instances, as well. Just like Twitter or Instagram, your posts and direct messages are accessible by those running the services"