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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 74 points 3 days ago (23 children)

She’s obviously a monster.

However:

Authorities were notified by Snapchat itself after the company flagged the message as possibly illegal, and FBI agents contacted Stapp at her home just 10 days after the message was sent.

Most shocking part of the story?

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 3 days ago (20 children)

What about this is shocking? That unencrypted messages are read by governments? That it took them 10 days to follow up? That people will use snapchat?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 34 points 3 days ago (17 children)

For me it's 10 days. I expect some automated monitoring with unencrypted messaging services. But automated things should work more or less immediately.
I wonder what went on for the 10 days. Was most of it waiting for manual review, FBI taking the time with... something, whatever else.

[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So, 10 day...if it were me...flag the account review her other connections get her phone records review DMs with other members. Access all connected devices associated with her phone, fb, Google, other socials. She's basically a node and if she's doing this shit on social media all of it is traceable. 10 days actually likely means she was acting alone and NOT part of a larger network but it took ten days to confirm it.

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