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Every single social network is backdoored by multiple governments.

• gatvol 6y ago
  My thoughts exactly. I always suspect that these articles are aimed at convincing the naive that these networks are currently secure and immune from govt level snooping.
• fsflover 6y ago
  Mastodon is not.
  • readarticle 6y ago
    It’s in an even worse position being self hosted by people/entities with no power or sway in the face of a state. Is there a technical provision that applies to people hosting mastodon instances that doesn’t apply to large social media cos and cannot be beaten with a $5 wrench?
    • fsflover 6y ago
      Mastodon is federated, which means everyone can start a instance. There will always be instances not controlled by the government and you cannot chase everyone.
      • im3w1l 6y ago
        They can get a lot of them (but not all) through amazon and digital ocean etc.