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Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School (www.gadgetreview.com)
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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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[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago

Session is unfortunately not really an improvement. Signal have started work on options which won't need a number to register, I'd rather wait for that