FBI Snooped on Criminals Using Encrypted Messaging App
The FBI and AFP designed the communications platform to entice crime gangs by suiting their needs for secure, encrypted communications. A May 18 affidavit filed by FBI special agent Nicolas Cheviron said the FBI, the AFP, and their developer source “built a master key into the existing encryption system which surreptitiously attaches to each message and enables law enforcement to decrypt and store the message as it is transmitted.”
Sure I get it—all the rejoicing at having nabbed so many out-and-out criminals with a booby-trapped app.
But how long now before we have to worry about how many enforcement agencies from how many governments around the globe are listening in on our conversations? About anything.
Or is it too late to ask?
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