Global police sting targets users of organized crime app

How dumb do you have to be to trust an APP. Everything can be hacked.

Carlo Gambino for those of you who do know who he was. Ran the Gambino crime family for decades.

He said. Never talk on the phone. Ever! Using an APP to run a criminal enterprise is nothing like talking on the phone. Its way worse. Its like a global loud speaker all over the world that says. Come bust me Interpol.

Anything and anyone can be hacked. Law enforcement never run out of money or recourses. Especially the three letter ones.

The problem is NOT the criminals, the problem is the Cell Providers and phone companies that are giving them the LIFE LINE.

Say what?

The problem IS the criminals, as they are committing big/deadly crimes.

@Woodylee … So drunk drivers are not the problem, it is the roads that are the problem? I think not.

WoodyLeeToday  05:28 pm JST

The problem is NOT the criminals, the problem is the Cell Providers and phone companies that are giving them the LIFE LINE.

hilarious. i guess it never dawned on you that cell service companies work with law enforcement in these operations.

There are a few encryption tools that have never been cracked unless the passphrase became known. The good news is that they are typically hard to use, so most people struggle to set up the required software AND use it.

The weakest part of any encryption chain is always the human at either end. Humans are usually bad at security because it isn't usually convenient.

The guy that made the app was smart in that he controlled the hardware AND the software. But it is hard to be an expert on everything to have a secure communications device connected into other networks. 1 person seldom, if ever, has that expertise.

And watch out where you get your batteries from too.

The problem is NOT the criminals, the problem is the Cell Providers and phone companies that are giving them the LIFE LINE

Would you blame the phone company if crooks used a copper phone line connection, you know an old school phone, to discuss a criminal plot? Do you blame the pen and paper manufacturer for facilitating a ransom note?