FBI’s Backdoored Anom Phones Secretly Harvested GPS Data Around the World

I found a reference to this on SurvivalBlog this morning and did some reading on the story. News on this sting has been around for a while now, but it serves as a reminder that phones should absolutely be a no-go for anything you don’t want someone else to hear/see/read. The Biden family is getting a painful reminder of that lesson right now.

Keep in mind that just because the people rounded up in this sting appear to be some genuinely undesirable folks, the technology can just as easily be turned against whoever the .gov agencies decide is an enemy. They have repeatedly told us that WE are the enemy, so plan accordingly. A lot of people are going to end up detained, or worse, by the “authorities” thanks to their so-called “burner phones.”

Learn to communicate via other means and ditch the phone. Wouldn’t it be cool if NC Scout had a course for that?

Anom, an encrypted phone company marketed to criminals which the FBI secretly took over, surreptitiously recorded every message sent by the phones’ users. But the truly global undercover operation had another secret: The phones also collected users’ precise GPS location and transferred that information to authorities, according to multiple documents reviewed by Motherboard.

The news provides more clarity on the scope and capabilities of the backdoor managed by the FBI. So far the operation, known as Trojan Shield in the U.S. and Ironside in Australia, has led to hundreds of arrests worldwide and disrupted organised crime, with major drug traffickers now either arrested or on the run.

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