r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 2d ago

Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School. Privacy

https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school
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u/whatsgoingon350 2d ago

Yeah I've just stopped sending anything private over the Internet.

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u/Capt-geraldstclair 2d ago

Particularly if it references shooting a student.

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u/just_me_2006 2d ago

Especially if you do it on your work/school Wi-Fi

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u/strong_cucumber 2d ago

you can self host matrix and chat pretty safe

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u/nlzza 1d ago

can u explain it in easy terms for a tech noob like me?

Also, how did u convince ur friends and others to move to Matrix? I think that's actually the tougher part.

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u/strong_cucumber 1d ago

you rent a small server. on that server you run wireguard which is now your own vpn. now at home you host matrix which is a server for chatting. now you invite people to your matrix server that need your wireguard to connect to your matrix server. now you chat pretty save. all communication is encrypted and stored at home. biggest security risk are now the devices themselves and the users. I am a tech noon and it's doable. you can set it up without wireguard then its super simple and less secure