Niagara Frontier JBGCWhile, we still place utmost trust in the #Kolektiva team, mistakes happen, and often, are unpreventable (ie, the server was being worked on, and likely in an unencrypted state): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/fbi-seizure-mastodon-server-wakeup-call-fediverse-users-and-hosts-protect-their
We've verified things on our end, that aside from mastodon handles, nobody has communicated with us on this platform with clear-text identities.
We will be keeping tabs on the situation.
#Solidarity, and don't talk to cops without a lawyer representing you!
“Talk, is a national institution, but it does not help the slave.” - Captain John Brown.
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