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I’m failing to see in this press release what set Phantom Secure apart from, say, iMessage? I remember in the past reading about them, and as I recall they wer
by zaroth 7y ago
I’m failing to see in this press release what set Phantom Secure apart from, say, iMessage?
I remember in the past reading about them, and as I recall they were marketing way too specifically to the criminal element and had direct knowledge and support of specific illegal acts.
There’s providing cryptography services, and then there’s becoming the IT arm of the cartel. I suspect they leaned too far toward the latter, but this press release doesn’t really explain it.
- mrandish 7y agoYes, I agree. Could be a fairly subtle distinction and a pretty important one for tech pros to be aware of.
- anbop 7y agoThese guys were actually shipping phones to cartel bosses. It’s a bit different than just offering a phone in a general purpose retail store.
- A2017U1 7y agoThe case looks terrible on paper and they obviously knew who their clients were to the point of interacting with them, but what's the difference between knowingly selling those same mob bosses a car which they go commit crimes in? There's numerous businesses who know that their customers are unsavory types and face no such punishments. It all reeks of cryptowars when you read through the law enforcement statements.
- anbop 7y agoSure there is selective enforcement. But selling a car to someone you know will commit a crime with it is a crime itself: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Holle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Holle
- A2017U1 7y agoThat link doesn't seem to be making the case, for me at least. It seems like a horrendous injustice. 25 years in prison for drunkenly loaning your car to a person who then committed crimes with it? That's insane.