Admin of an anarchist Mastodon server raided by FBI, insecure user data gets seized
Admin of an anarchist Mastodon server raided by FBI, insecure user data gets seized
An anarchist-oriented Mastodon server has seen one of its admins raided by the FBI. The admin in question was working with an unencrypted backup of the Mastodon server, which was also seized.
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Naïve question: why would user IP addresses be stored?
Most websites track IP addresses, keep them in a database, and use them for various things. You can find a lot of information on this online, however in the case of non-profit social media like Mastodon, it can be useful for tracking bad actors and blocking them from access. Most of the time they are used for commercial purposes.
I asked "why," not "who" or "how." "Various things" is the vaguest possible answer you could have given.
Why would user IPs be stored?
it can be useful for tracking bad actors and blocking them from access.