Punnamaraju Vinayaka Tejas@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I think the ""they would need techy skills to do this" is moot for someone being a server admin
Fedi.Tips@PVTejas@mstdn.social
A lot of admins use managed hosting services which do all the techy stuff for them (e.g. https://fedihost.co or https://masto.host or https://cloud68.co etc), so they aren't necessarily techy people.
Punnamaraju Vinayaka Tejas@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Doesn't that just pass the buck to whoever is actually doing the techy job of hosting?
Although it does mean there are a lot fewer people who can snoop than I thought.
Fedi.Tips@PVTejas@mstdn.social
Main thing I was trying to get across with the "techy" comment is that there is nothing in Mastodon's own software that allows admins to view DMs, there is no admin tool for doing that (I was saying this because some people thought there was). You have to step outside Mastodon and look at the raw database directly, which requires tech skills and database access.
And yes that does mean the hosting company would have access, so it's always best to avoid sensitive data.