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.

  • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    The two women told detective Ben McBride of the Norfolk, Nebraska Police Division that they’d discussed the matter on Facebook Messenger, which prompted the state to issue Meta with a search warrant for their chat history and data including log-in timestamps and photos.

    Don’t talk to the police.

    • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Also don’t talk about crimes you commit via any messaging app ever.