> So what's the strategy moving forward? The operation clearly hasn't permanently solved crime, the next generation of organized crime bosses won't trust any a

> So what's the strategy moving forward? The operation clearly hasn't permanently solved crime, the next generation of organized crime bosses won't trust any apps to handle their secrets, so I guess their communication just moves offline again? Or maybe each develops their own methods in house that they know they can trust (such as shooting holes in a wall on call of duty)? Maybe the strategy is just "get the win now, and tomorrow's another day." A lot of people seem to think it's a bad idea to use some technique that will motivate a counter-technique , like that counter-technique can be prevented by not using the technique (it comes up a lot when sanctions are discussed). However that's flawed assumption. Sometimes sitting on a technique will mean it becomes obsolete before you can realize advantage from it, and it's actually smarter to try capture that advantage while you still can. Also, if organized crime stops trusting apps and goes back offline for communication, it could become far less efficient/effective, which would be a win for law enforcement. Also, a sucker is born every minute. Maybe the Mob will shy away from encrypted apps due to institutional memory, but some upstart criminal orgs without that memory may still adopt "FBI 'Encrypted' Messenger 2.0."