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·
    2 年前

    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·
      2 年前

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