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Snapchat’s automated system flagged a private DM to three contacts and triggered an FBI alert in under 60 minutes, ending her teaching career

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[-] jtrek@startrek.website 56 points 9 hours ago

I don't think the government should be reading private messages

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 29 points 8 hours ago

exactly. someone letting off steam to family or friends is as old as time. heck. bar conversation even.

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 9 points 9 hours ago

It usually (probably) isn't. Snapchat (meta) is reading your private messages and then sending problematic ones to the government.

If you don't like that, then you should be using a messaging system that's actually private. Which means, at a bare minimum, end-to-end encryption.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 13 points 8 hours ago

Snapchat is not owned by Meta

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Not owned by meta yet

this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2026
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