Subj : Re: French make surprise arrest of Telegram Founder
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From : Amessyroom
Date : Thu Sep 05 2024 23:03:09

  Re: Re: French make surprise arrest of Telegram Founder
  By: Ogg to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Aug 29 2024 08:46 am

 >> I've read the story of a sting operation in the US where the FBI created
 >> Anom, a messaging platform with hard keys and a back door, and arrested
 >> over 800 people using it. Very interesting read.
 Al> I forgot about that story. Apparenty it operated between 2018- 2021.  I
 Al> thought it was primarily offered in some new "google- less"
 Al> "tracking-less" phone.
 Al> Was the app open source?
 Al> Interesting recent book out about the sting operation: "The inside story
 Al> of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made
 Al> its own tech start-up to wiretap the world, shows how cunning both the
 Al> authorities and drug traffickers have become, with privacy implications
 Al> for everyone.
 Al> "In 2018, a powerful app for secure communications called Anom took root
 Al> among organized criminals. They believed Anom allowed them to conduct
 Al> business in the shadows. Except for one thing: it was secretly run by the
 Al> FBI.
 Al> "Backdoor access to Anom and a series of related investigations granted
 Al> American, Australian, and European authorities a front- row seat to the
 Al> underworld. Tens of thousands of criminals worldwide appeared in full view
 Al> of the same agents they were trying to evade. International smugglers.
 Al> Money launderers. Hitmen. A sprawling global economy as efficient and
 Al> interconnected as the legal one. Officers watched drug shipments and
 Al> murder plots unfold, making arrests without blowing their cover. But, as
 Al> the FBI started to lose control of Anom, did the agency go too far?
 Al> "A painstakingly investigated exposé, Dark Wire reveals the true scale and
 Al> stakes of this unprecedented operation through the agents and crooks who
 Al> were there. This fly-on-the-wall thriller is a caper for our modern world,
 Al> where no one can be sure who is listening in.
 Al> Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever |
 Al> Hardcover
 Al> Joseph Cox
 Al> PublicAffairs | PublicAffairs True Crime / Cybercrime / Computers /
 Al> Internet - Online Safety & Privacy / Political Science / Law Enforcement
 Al> Published Jun 4, 2024 | Sales (#4505)
 Al> $32.00 US / $41.00 CA list price
 Al> https://bookshop.org/a/93260/9781541702691
 Al> https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781668641606-dark- wire?bookstore=ashlies
Darknet Podcast interviewed the author

https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/146/
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