if you run a relay

“to the extent possible, limit the data your server collects and stores, and only store data for as long as it is necessary”

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/fbi-seizure-mastodon-server-wakeup-call-fediverse-users-and-hosts-protect-their

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This presents some interesting questions about jurisdiction. Say it's illegal to post about Winnie the Pooh in China. I'm in the U.S., I connect to a Chinese relay. Who has jurisdiction over my post? Can they figure out my location if I'm a nym running a VPN? ...don't like this... seems like a vulnerability for agents provocateurs...

If would be helpful for noobs if their was a detailed guide they could read that explains in detail what data the FBI would have if a relay you connect to was seized.

Whoa… Mastodon DMs aren’t E2EE?

Considering the amount of sus stuff… everybody in trouble over there.

Assume everything is a psyop

Nostr is public so there's nothing to seize that they couldn't get from just querying relays. DMs are encrypted so it's just binary data. Everything else is public.