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submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by sundray@lemmus.org to c/world@lemmy.world

“'At first I thought it was just another series of spam messages like I get all the time from home improvement, car insurance , business loans, etc. Then I saw the rap sheet and license plate numbers and was like WTAF,' the person said in an online chat."

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[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 hours ago

This administration and team seem to be on 🔥for group chat fuck-ups

[-] marsza@lemmy.cafe 3 points 6 hours ago

Can anyone vouch for that font? These look fake as hell.

[-] nimble 45 points 12 hours ago
[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 49 points 13 hours ago

I find it super weird that we continue to use platforms like WhatsApp for stuff like this. It's failed multiple times, and other systems exist that would prevent screw ups like adding random people to stuff. It should be a closed system, especially since it's the dam government! You would think they take security seriously.

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 50 points 13 hours ago

Good opsec adds "friction" to processes, and when the President's pet nazi demands 3,000 arrests a day, anything that slows the process down has got to go. They don't even wait for their victims to get out of their cars, because smashing the windows and pulling them out is faster.

[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 hours ago

Kristallnacht has already happened then. Americans are going to be the German public and just keep quiet then?

[-] mierdabird@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 hours ago

They didn't even use WhatsApp or signal, they were literally plain unencrypted texting

[-] prex@aussie.zone 3 points 8 hours ago

In Australia that would contravene the archives act - I hope (IANAL).
Is there something similar in the US? I imagine enforcing it would be another matter.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 17 points 13 hours ago

Seriously, I've never worked anywhere dealing with anything so sensitive as "the government raiding homes" and yet still several of them would have rightly chewed me out if I was using whatsapp for business

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 8 points 13 hours ago

Even if they were smart enough to know it was a bad idea, and knew enough about rules and regulations to know it wasn't allowed, they'd still use it anyway because they're willfully idiotic and incompetent.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 56 points 14 hours ago

Bummer that ICE doesn't preemptively tip off all their raids.

[-] Marshezezz 14 points 13 hours ago

Well we can see why fascism is always short lived

[-] black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 13 hours ago
[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

And always an expensive lesson.

[-] Wazowski@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

It's one of the main requirements to join, and the other is being heartless.

[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

And Nazi equivalent racists.

this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2025
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