▲ 204 ▼ Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School (www.gadgetreview.com) submitted 2 months ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/privacy@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments Snapchat’s automated system flagged a private DM to three contacts and triggered an FBI alert in under 60 minutes, ending her teaching career
[–] alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 months ago (4 children) "private" snapchat. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yolocastillo@mastodon.social 7 points 2 months ago (2 children) The privacy vs convenience trade-off is real. I've been slowly replacing cloud services with self-hosted alternatives on my homelab: Nextcloud for files, Jellyfin for media, Immich for photos, and Gitea for code. The upfront setup effort is real, but waking up knowing your data is truly yours? Worth every minute. What's the one service you'd never self-host? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fodor@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) Well kinda. Take this example. They could have used Signal at near zero risk. No burden, no inconvenience, simple. Of course in many situations it is a hassle to switch, but this was not one of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago We have been using simplex for years now, but my wife and son also have whatsapp because their friends are on there. This week I found out they also use it to message eachother, out of convenience... I'm not one to force, just a little disappointed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yolocastillo@mastodon.social -3 points 2 months ago @privacy Very insightful post! The balance between convenience and privacy is always tricky. I've been progressively moving away from cloud services to self-hosted alternatives. Nextcloud for files, Matrix for messaging, and Gitea for code. The initial setup takes effort but the control you gain is worth it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yolocastillo@mastodon.social 7 points 2 months ago (2 children) The privacy vs convenience trade-off is real. I've been slowly replacing cloud services with self-hosted alternatives on my homelab: Nextcloud for files, Jellyfin for media, Immich for photos, and Gitea for code. The upfront setup effort is real, but waking up knowing your data is truly yours? Worth every minute. What's the one service you'd never self-host? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fodor@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) Well kinda. Take this example. They could have used Signal at near zero risk. No burden, no inconvenience, simple. Of course in many situations it is a hassle to switch, but this was not one of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago We have been using simplex for years now, but my wife and son also have whatsapp because their friends are on there. This week I found out they also use it to message eachother, out of convenience... I'm not one to force, just a little disappointed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) Well kinda. Take this example. They could have used Signal at near zero risk. No burden, no inconvenience, simple. Of course in many situations it is a hassle to switch, but this was not one of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago We have been using simplex for years now, but my wife and son also have whatsapp because their friends are on there. This week I found out they also use it to message eachother, out of convenience... I'm not one to force, just a little disappointed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago We have been using simplex for years now, but my wife and son also have whatsapp because their friends are on there. This week I found out they also use it to message eachother, out of convenience... I'm not one to force, just a little disappointed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yolocastillo@mastodon.social -3 points 2 months ago @privacy Very insightful post! The balance between convenience and privacy is always tricky. I've been progressively moving away from cloud services to self-hosted alternatives. Nextcloud for files, Matrix for messaging, and Gitea for code. The initial setup takes effort but the control you gain is worth it. permalink fedilink source parent