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   Bruce Sterling @bruces (bruces@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Jul-2025 18:55:44 JST Bruce Sterling @bruces

   *He scrubbed his Mastodon account because somebody's border cops will surely use it against him sooner or later

   https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/column_social_media_entrapment/

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     Knud Jahnke (knud@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Jul-2025 19:03:02 JST Knud Jahnke

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     @bruces

     This is ridiculous. There are several companies out there that archive public social media posts, I assume also from Mastodon et al., to be used by US (and probably other) authorities. Removing their content on the user's side won't do anything for past content.

     I can understand the hope that will "reduce the attack surface" but at the same time is very chilling in effect.

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     James Tindall (atomless@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Jul-2025 19:08:16 JST James Tindall

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     @bruces https://mastodon.social/@atomless/114896328376702012

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     Reg (reggiehere@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Jul-2025 19:56:33 JST Reg

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     @bruces

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     oscarfalcon (oscarfalcon@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Jul-2025 03:31:06 JST oscarfalcon

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     @bruces

     How, and most importantly WHY is this normal...?