Re: The FBI's new tactic: Catching suspects with push alerts

Nomen Nescio <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:23:42 +0100 (CET)
Newsgroups alt.comp.issues.privacy,alt.privacy,alt.privacy.anon-server
Organization dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 10 Mar 2024, Nomen Nescio <[email protected]> posted some
news:[email protected]: 

> Nomen Nescio <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/29/push-notification-
>>surveillance-fbi/ 
>>
>>The alleged pedophile ⤽LuvEmYoung� had worked to stay anonymous in
>>the chatrooms where he bragged about sexually abusing children. A
>>criminal affidavit said he covered his tracks by using TeleGuard, an
>>encrypted Swiss messaging app, to share a video of himself last month
>>with a sleeping 4-year-old boy. 
> 
> The hard way to learn, that encryption doesn't implicate anonymity.

True, but I have no problem with a kiddy diddler getting nailed.

The perp in this case could have easily avoided being caught.  Just 
because your phone is "smart" doesn't mean you are.

Sanction for hire, that's a necessity and public service at times.