Admin of an anarchist Mastodon server raided by FBI, insecure user data gets seized (www.neowin.net)

submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

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[-] me@mastodon.cysioland.pl 48 points 1 year ago

Holy fuck that article is tendentious as fuck. I'm not too fond of anarchists politically but I trust them with my data far more than I trust Mr Zuck or Mr Musk

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Damn, I learned a new word today and I'm not even out of bed yet. That's a good one!

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

I concur, that's one for the back pocket!

[-] me@mastodon.cysioland.pl 3 points 1 year ago

@SpaceNoodle In Polish we have "tendencyjny" and I was looking for something similar and I've found it

[-] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago

Fuck the FBI.

Sincerely, an anarchist

[-] MeowyNin@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Goes to show the system is insidious and will stop anything it deems a threat. It would have to be completely destroyed to be stopped and its horrifying.

[-] thepaperpilot@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

That last sentence is a bit annoying. Why wouldn't I trust anarchists with data? Did they just pull up a definition of kolektiva without actually understanding what anarchism is? The last sentence really implies they're using the incorrect but common definition of anarchism meaning "no rules" instead of the actual definition "no unjust hierarchies"

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Naïve question: why would user IP addresses be stored?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 24 points 1 year ago

Most websites track IP addresses, keep them in a database, and use them for various things. You can find a lot of information on this online, however in the case of non-profit social media like Mastodon, it can be useful for tracking bad actors and blocking them from access. Most of the time they are used for commercial purposes.