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.

    • madcow@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      You can always use something like PGP to encrypt your communication.

      • Fluffyb@lemmy.nzEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Only if you trust the device your decrypting on. Wouldn’t trust windows or Mac with information that could put me in jail.

      • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        True, sadly not many people show up for my key signing parties, even if I serve three kinds of chips.

          • Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.mlBEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Sorry, i don’t find it anymore in all the white noise about france being anti encryption. It was about a group of teens being detained on the grounds of mere suspection for using and promoting encrypted messaging, online privacy, using tor and so on, painting that fact as a crime.