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So Vice says that an external source came to offer the app, while the Australian Police "said the plan to use an encrypted app was hatched overseas over a few b
by cromka 5y ago
So Vice says that an external source came to offer the app, while the Australian Police "said the plan to use an encrypted app was hatched overseas over a few beers with FBI agents in 2018, before police figured out how to decrypt all messages."
I wonder how this all ties together. As someone mentioned here, there surely be some movie about it.
- marlor 5y agoIt’s likely the FBI mentioned they had an app they could leverage, Australia noted that there was a gap in the local market after Phantom had been taken down, and the two agencies decided to seed the app into the Australian criminal underworld to see how far it would spread.
- cromka 5y agoYep, sounds plausible.