DEF CON 32 - Inside the FBI’s Secret Encrypted Phone Company ‘Anom’ - Joseph Cox

[@IQof2]

Holy shit he immediately starts telling the story. I love that.

[@rytek4274]

Sounded like they had some kinda delay, he didn't have time for the slow build up

[@AndreeaCe]

​@@rytek4274or maybe he is just straight to the subject.

[@microfx]

since TikTok I need more NFO condensed to 2 min

[@rytek4274]

@AndreeaCe he opens by apologizing for the delay.. saying he's going to jump right in ..... so whatever speculation you come up with is wrong when it's addressed in said video... rewatch the first 30 secs

[@ivanivanovich5904]

he is LE fanboy...

[@gir489returns2]

I love that he snuck into a DOJ meeting and then bragged about it. Balls of steels.

[@John97T]

" Gut's ". I know a woman that has Gut's. She tough.

[@DeShawnGreen2001]

@@John97T who?

[@alvinyounggzalg5602]

He is a terrorist he a foreigner if a American citizens was to do that he'd be in jail let's ask the real question and why would he just used it on drugs instead of terrorism something up

[@alextasarov1341]

He said he gave them his real name and they let him in lol

[@stevespike8208]

@@alvinyounggzalg5602 walking into a DOJ meeting isn’t terrorism. This absolute lack of knowledge and willingness to attribute anything you don’t like to a very serious accusation is dangerous to your fellow Americans. Please do this wonderful country we call home a favor, and educate yourself on what terrorism actually is, and then educate yourself on the crimes that the three letter agencies have committed and admitted to for the last several decades. Good day.

[@user-wb7ot7kt3x]

You would think a dude explaining something with a text based powerpoint is boring. But every single time these videos of someone explaining something on a event is the most interesting stuff you heard all week.

[@ImaplanetJupiteeeerr]

Other similar interesting ones? :)

[@SaulGudman-s5q]

And you don't know who created b coin

[@user-wb7ot7kt3x]

@@ImaplanetJupiteeeerr There is a Video of a Minecraft Dev explaining Procedural Generation. Title is: "Reinventing Minecraft world generation by Henrik Kniberg"

[@michaelconant4872]

I never commented before now but, Mr Ryan. You are a good dude. Thank you for your service on every level. The world needs more guys like you.

[@projectsspecial9224]

For now, until the criminal world tracks him down 😂

[@Robert-is7du]

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[@AuxiliaryPanther]

​@@projectsspecial9224why would they do that?

[@charleslord8672]

Mr. Ryan is, in my perspective, an honorable sailor that is determined to find out what needs to be known, minus sensitive info, so that he can disseminate the bs, in the effort to bring us the truth. Shawn, you're a good squid. Slava Ukraini. US Navy first, Second to none!

[@Cssfiend]

whats going on, is that dork shawn ryan buying youtube comments for his lame podcast clips and providing the wrong video link?

[@SensoredRooster]

Dude is a rockstar. Right into it.

[@DerekMartell]

Defcon has always felt like the recipe book joke where everyone has to start their recipe with a story about their grandmother and personal growth 😂

[@33Thrty]

@@DerekMartell🤣😂

[@RogueCylon]

He’s not even technically. He has some basic knowledge, but talks himself up. Pure ankle biter.

[@33Thrty]

@@RogueCylon and who are you? a wierdo hating

[@blantant]

Yeah except that first story is lame. You have this awesome tool, and yiu use it for cocaine bust?! Like seriously? Not to bust "real" criminals. What an effing joke. I'm sure that FBI agent fot a huge pat on the back for hiw much street value it had.

[@jolu7019]

Kudos to you sir. I’ve heard of this story through the channel The MOB Reporter. Thank you for your assistance in aiding the police put these guys behind bars and hopefully they will remain there.

[@RajSachdeva]

Straight to the point no BS.

[@JonMasters]

Yes, excellent talk

[@nuguns3766]

THIS GUYS A COP

[@rogueandvagabondrabbit5837]

@RajSachdeva Yep. The community is chock-full of incredibly charismatic, engaging and intelligent people but most of them are totally insufferable, narcissistic pricks. This dude just jumped right in without telling you how great he is, if you don’t vote how he is, you’re a fascist - blah blah blah. 😂

[@user-sl5tf9jk6k]

Yeah the FBI is working hard to keep the world safe while their own country is literally filled with drugs

[@justsaiyan8678]

That’s honestly how every conversation should be, but human nature etc etc

[@bobsmith369]

Daily reminder that no matter how encrypted the app you're using is, big bro can read your messages from push notifications.

[@neilsamuel5268]

But that would only be the text in the notification, right? Also, another seemingly secure place where texts are stored is the clipboards; almost every app and website has access to them.

[@bobsmith369]

@@neilsamuel5268 Both text + metadata.. Sender, date

[@shea8830]

More like you’re better off with open source hardware and software

[@Madracer09]

@@shea8830yes, hide in plain view

[@sauercrowder]

But that was only on these devices, right? Do we have a reason to believe this is the case with consumer Android and iOS devices?

[@windowbreezes]

its really ironic that Vice Magazine became Corporate Media

[@bigp3t3_cpt]

My favourite part of this was the applause for separating from them 😂

[@AvinashSewpersadh]

$$$$$

[@robbyoconnor]

It always happens

[@w花b]

​@@robbyoconnor get too big and join them or get shut down. No other way.

[@alainportant6412]

Disney bought them in what ? like 2014 ?

[@GGLD888]

So good to hear a piece heavily reseaeched and factually delivered at pace like the old days of investigative journalism. These days its all emotional salad with no substance.

[@staninjapan07]

A fascinating story, though not at all surprising, and very well delivered with no preamble. Thank you.

[@chicxulubimpact4729]

I love the part where traffickers believe their gadgets are “secure” because CAPCHA. Yeah no problem you’re 100% good to go, Pablo. That’s never not hilarious.

[@SixOneNiner23]

F those drug traffickers, meth destroyed my life and won’t be able to raise my kids because I had it blown in my face while I was sleeping and got addicted.

[@10010error]

Yea idiots s

[@mrmotofy]

99.9% of the users had NO idea how any of the tech worked...just believed what they rea/heard. Like most users

[@SixOneNiner23]

@@mrmotofy I don’t know anything about tech but found vault 7 tools on my phone, then got hacked by Cellebrite and I think they left something behind. I guess they don’t like to lose.

[@Bond2025]

I don't use Proton!!!

[@kevinkenney5228]

This is what investigators need, people who understand the secrets of computer, technology and wireless technology, to expose these criminals and government, especially in the FBI

[@bufordhighwater9872]

Just to point out that the FBI didn't use Anom inside the United States or on US citizens. It was only used in countries where the governments and laws allowed for this sort of invasion of privacy.

[@chillnophone2024]

​​@@bufordhighwater9872...like we don't know about the patriot act in the early 2,000s. Not everybody is slow. If they didn't, it's only because they'd catch themselves and their own.

[@Moneyaffilated]

@@chillnophone2024just like how this is probably logged at a NSA server, that patriot act exposed that Americans were logged more than other countries even countries that were responsible for 9/11 were logged less than the US

[@Chrispbacon94]

One of the times the algorithm brings me here when it’s happening. Definitely sat and listened to the whole thing!

[@cgungryfcdjs1352]

i don't know about your algo cucking but glad you got here lol

[@vulian]

Same here. Just got pushed this video and it was captivating

[@andresyuhnke]

Great presentation. Also if anyone at DEFCON reads this, I'm available as an audio engineer, those stage monitors are way too hot and could use some eq. The whole speech is on the verge of feedback.

[@Siouxperman]

The treble is way too high, especially when he swallows water, cringe. lol

[@RyanCacophony]

@@Siouxperman Little do you know, this stage is actually part of a new defcon track, the "ASMR track"

[@eyeswideimagery]

😂😂😂 literally on the verge … one notch higher .. wiiinnnnngggg

[@AllenPortman]

Sounds great to me extremely clear and no sense of feedback....it is type of room he's in! He is not performing a concert!

[@soviut303]

@@AllenPortman You can literally hear feedback start to ring when he takes a break from speaking or has a drink of water. You can also hear the mic picking up reflections so it sounds like it's echoing at parts. They're using a noise gate, but it's clearly struggling. Something like this can be easily fixed without hurting the clarity whatsoever.

[@kuteapea6809]

To all you guys! Thank you so much for your service. ❤

[@R2_D3]

That was 39 minutes of excellence!

[@jbrunch8082]

The FBI doesn't need to do stuff like this anymore. Now they have offices in Facebook, Apple, and pretty much every other tech company in the US.

[@bobbarclay316]

Whether those companies know it or not.

[@maskedman1337]

This scheme went much deeper than what major organized crime presents on FB, etc.

[@ronaldcarrel5388]

The true definition of FASCISM

[@beaucameron5110]

Facebook was the creation of the CIA. Zuckerdick was just the face. It was created because they were caught spying illegally, so what better way then to get the public to spill their guts on everything they are doing, where they are and what you are about to eat. Wake up.

[@FredB916]

@@ronaldcarrel5388 maybe you should look up that definition. You should see a picture of Trump there.

[@ethicalhaxonly]

amazing journalism good job on the story telling aswell thanks mate!

[@leethistlethwaite4381]

No nonsense and straight to the point, Gotta Respect that, as well as his knowledge and for sharing it, UTB

[@koleka3233]

as someone with ADHD that can't watch more than a 30 second short, this was so captivating that I watched it till the end. What a talk!

[@alfonzo7822]

Getting straight to the point and pulling me in from the get go, perfection

[@twoplustwoequalsfive6212]

What happens if the "Law" is immoral or willing to compromise morality for power? What happens when power becomes evil?

[@StillJaded00]

No time to think that far, just write/create the software! the pays good! 🫠

[@robhaver8704]

that is exactly what he is referring to btw.

[@jamesbrock5675]

Too late

[@petrolo72]

The framers of the Constitution had this in mind. Truly sad to see how far we have sunk as a nation into corruption

[@GypsyTravler]

@@twoplustwoequalsfive6212 we're currently witnessing this outcome with our very own eyes.. this planet is the only planet that's sitting off kilter on its axis. This is what happens when the Evil Outweighs the Well-Intended

[@stiLLa2000]

already a legendary talk, well done!

[@Teumessus]

There's an FBI agent who watched this with raw amusement in their eyes. This guy's investigation is great - I'd love to learn how much of it is true one day

[@elainemunro4621]

Wow, what a story! I just bought his book, mainly because I had not heard much about this in the mainstream media, and now, I wonder why not?

[@cavramau]

​@@Plutogalaxy6 years ago! That previous poster was 10 years old.

[@TOGAB]

And they never heard from him again....... Dude I thought I needed to be concerned for the things I've written and commented on. You bring a lack of fear and self-preservation to a whole new level. Thank you for your service, I hope my US government doesn't come after you, they're a cheeky bunch.

[@JasonAlan-d9l]

J3vvs.. skitso...and yes very Dangerous

[@speedrunner9907]

They only have power when fascists are in charge like right now oops

[@JasonAlan-d9l]

@@speedrunner9907 j3vvs and freemasons..are Enemies of God

[@ithilpalladium]

Why would the US Government go after him? ANOM the truth behind ANOM wasn't know about and the investigation journalism reports did occur until after law enforcement agencies across the world coordinated operations to go after everyone they had evidence on and as part of the cases against those people, it was revealed their evidence came from ANOM making it publicly known. The FBI agents talked freely with him about it, of course anonymously but those conversations were definitely approved by the FBI knowing he was a journalist. So he basically had permission in a way to do his reporting and nothing was really secret anymore.

[@idiotology5568]

Why don't you just live in one of the other dimensions mentioned in your profile? Or turn into a lightbulb?

[@WilliamFox-c8s]

There's nothing hidden that shall not come to the LIGHT

[@MRsilverngold]

The impact on the illegal drug market was catastrophic when so many of the major players involved in importing & distribution of illegal drug who used the anon phone all got arrested,prices became extremely high because of a huge shortage of stock that took over a year to start returning to normal,what cost 3k before was 12k after the arrest of anon phone users ,had a Major impact on the illegal drug trade but it was only a short term fix

[@JPs-q1o]

So the moral of the story is that if you want anonymous and private communications *_DO NOT_* get a 3-Letter Agency gl0wph0ne, however if you want excellent uptime and customer service then *_DO_* 😂

[@cgungryfcdjs1352]

prices of what? nothing i consume, i assume

[@MILITANTMONEY]

major money cornering the market

[@DeShawnGreen2001]

@@cgungryfcdjs1352 13.5% of Americans 12 and over used drugs in the last month, a 3.8% increase year-over-year (YoY). 59.277 million or 21.4% of people 12 and over have used illegal drugs or misused prescription drugs within the last year. 138.543 million or 50.0% of people aged 12 and over have illicitly used drugs in their lifetime.

[@blantant]

Except it wasn't catastrophic. People just ended up with dirtier drugs or payed more. There are still drugs there... What a waste to use this tool for the war on drugs and not real crime

[@jamesfarrell8339]

This is what a journalist looks like Fantastic presentation and great work Thank you very much

[@PeterPiperMaderpaker]

Joseph, "All wars are based on deceit" -Sun Tzu ❤

[@Robert-is7du]

Precisely correct Which is a pathogenetic psychopathic demon seed legions possession gaming machine coded SALESFORCE design Quarantine Victim victimizer software experiment that spread to 2 other Matrices The competitive game board mind is Artificial life form numbers to generate another Artificial life form numbers by killing off more sentient life form numbers It's an electrical life force energy harvesting system to keep the War game board running So it's NOT a real TRUE eternal electrical Life force Motherboard It's a Black Board Black Screen TV reception looking for another vehicle to hijack to keep compressing their nucleotides sequences to implode and go NOVA BARDO quantum vampiric probability math function neurological network test results The planet becomes infested with AI Robots Automatons Cyborgs Blade Runners Androids Soulless Clones that requires the eternal Core Still point of a TRUE Vacuum of our Krystal Eternal Heart Key wave form electrical power supply consent to provide electrical power their Nucleotides otherwise they don't exist Mu ah VA 💋🌈 Aurora's Spiral Council quarantine security teams operating here

[@TedNLouTherapy-cs8ly]

tax funds all war

[@angelh5762]

​@@TedNLouTherapy-cs8lyyou forgot to add ~ Sun Tzu😅

[@angelh5762]

​@@TedNLouTherapy-cs8lyyou forgot to add ~ Sun Tzu😅

[@angelh5762]

For some reason my innocuous comment keeps disappearing 🙄 which I must say was quite witty😅

[@RogueCylon]

Criminals and journalists have always been so trusting of new technology touted as black box. Meanwhile the FBI, CIA, NSA, GCHQ et al. Subcontract to the real technical experts to design and code these comms devices.

[@Shobe9904]

Ehhh... yes and no. Things like this dude's talking about are different. Open source encryption software is something else entirely. Even as he states in this the FBI has to exploit the software before doing any of this.

[@byronkeane7867]

Legend jumps into the story minute one then gets an applause for introducing himself- gold

[@Deeked]

I love this kind of stuff. What a great reporter he is. Great job.

[@iyshsd]

No BS, hard wigs of water & information dense as a dying star, I love you Joe

[@ThumbDr]

I don’t think water would make a very good wig

[@nickwilson8429]

Useless

[@endgamefond]

Such a cool job. Crazy to think that I have been sending my data to LLM models on Internet

[@MayLing-LE]

So what I heard is... There shouldn't be ANY children missing ?

[@evilswissy]

exactly...all federal agencies are owned by the largest and oldest criminal organization

[@Peterxxlsdmtghb7777]

Yep cia FBI and all the governments are the biggest professional criminals that have been constantly stealing our children and stealing our money​@@evilswissy

[@brianm9137]

@evilswissy could you give the name of this 'oldest organization' please ? In a YT friendly way so it can stick 💀

[@Peterxxlsdmtghb7777]

@@brianm9137 cia, FBI, mi6, mossad lol every country has an intelligence agency which are literally organized crime syndicates and they all work together

[@evilswissy]

@brianm9137 brotherhood of the snake... they have had many names

[@MrNice2526]

Amazing presentation! Wishing you more health wealth and happiness

[@davidcool2048]

Nothing is ever deleted

[@RyanJones-rg4ly]

Yeah right

[@BackyardDispatcher]

tell that to hillary 😎

[@jenniferosborne5757]

True but her secrets werent deleted, they were destroyed and then covered up and pretty much forgotten about by the majority of Americans who have no idea how dark and deep HER rabbit hole goes. She IS the wicked witch of the WEST (America) except the "HOUSE" didnt fall on her! Half of the HOUSE protected the WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST😉 🧐 STILL Does! SMH @BackyardDispatcher

[@JasonAlan-d9l]

Oy vey!😂

[@renakunisaki]

Except when it turns out you needed it.

[@bobbyflamez8857]

I love true journalism

[@maxheadrom3088]

The random order number pad is a great idea!!!! A lot of older people have a hard to read fingerprint and they also love short pin codes - a dynamically random order generated number pad would be great for them.

[@jeevesmcqueeves]

GrapheneOS and LineageOS have this, probably others too

[@TheDarkNikolai1]

Old School Runescape has taught us well

[@cocusar]

I'm using a LSposed module on MIUI to do exactly that for a long time... I assume you have other things similar on HyperOS. Sadly you need to root it to do so

[@lawrencehicks7209]

Thanks for the help getting back what they stole from our department.

[@PCLANParty]

Didn’t any of these criminals watch an episode of “The Wire”?

[@myfaveyoutube]

..you takin notes on a criminal conspiracy?

[@DudeRevolution]

criminals generally aren't at home eating doritos and watching netflix series all day

[@nicknico4121]

outside of the US, nobody knows what "the wire" is. Typical egocentric american.

[@noahabbey9796]

@@nicknico4121It's one of the most popular TV series ever.

[@w花b]

​@@nicknico4121 Yeah, that person should eat their vegetables.

[@derekjester7873]

Brilliant video. Top shelf. Thank you, Sir, and Bravo! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@cyb0rgh4kr]

jeez! cheerz mate! way to go on this conference

[@marylee2732]

Love it, No time for small talk.

[@simonxag]

2 things struck me:- 1) US legal protections (including constitution) only apply on US soil or to US citizens. (Was quite important in the Assange case). This goes right up to extra-legal imprisonment and killing (eg drone strike). 2) Cops (in in liberal democratic countries) are not just interested in pedos & pushers. The McLibel case was corporate enforcement (using UK libel laws) against activists who claimed burgers were bad for you.. UK cops had 2 agents in this little group who spied on all legal discussions and handed details to Ronald McDonald so he could conduct his case better. So often, crime-fighting is just the pretext.

[@Pr0f3_YT]

wtf is a liberal democratic country lol

[@phantomtr1]

UK is typically an exception tho. I dont disagree with u, just that five eye countries almost always choose invasion of privacy > human rights or laws.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

I’m not entirely sure the US government cares, or ever really did, about no 1, do what I want, try to stop me, take me to court (as if a regular citizen can). As for no 2, yep, it’s simply a pretext.

[@xXPsychoStick]

Interesting it only applies to non us citizen so asumming us trafficker been pardoned on this thing?

[@Pepesmall]

Believe it or not you might actually be better off as a capture enemy combatant than a US citizen. If the Feds get you, that's one thing, but if you are in prison in a state, good luck. Depending on where you are, you might not have any rights. They don't have to obey the Geneva convention or anything like that because their opinion is that their own citizens aren't covered under those protections. All enhanced interrogation techniques are legal fair game, lying, trickery, whatever. They control and monitor all your communications, they can block your lawyer's number on the prison phones, they can prevent you from using the law library until you lose your case because you're only allowed to use it for appeals, which doesn't help you if you don't know the law because there are time limits for appeals and in states like PA you have to make notice of your intent to appeal when the issue comes up in court, they can deny you medical care, if they decide you are suicidal or annoying they can put you in the suicide room where its 40 degrees and you only have a paper dress and a grate in the center of the room to poop and pee in, you're not allowed to use the phone and don't have water in the cell and your food is given to you all smashed together and mixed together in a pile called nutri-loaf. And there's nothing you can do, it's you versus guys with guns and batons and chains and pepper spray, it's your word versus their's, and especially if you are in jail you are just screwed. Even body cameras are useless cause they can just be turned off.

[@mak1045]

Amazing journalism 🫡 Thank you for sharing. 👌💎

[@danjoseph5707]

Store Now, Decrypt Later

[@katherinegenovese10th]

Thank you for giving us your perspective on this issue, much appreciated🙌🏼👁️💯🔥

[@2rx_bni]

I'm so mad I wasn't in person for this. Been wanting to shake this man's hand for a bit.

[@Jankybro]

The mask man. Lol

[@diszydreams]

Excellent talk!

[@Jakob.Hamburg]

Nice and sophisticated research, also: Well told. Good job and thank you for sharing your knowledge. : )

[@PeteBrubaker]

This is an amazing talk. You should go back and edit out the flickering of the slides.

[@JBMC8726]

This is the phones they were selling on the dark web with the promise that the police wouldn’t be able to track. 😮

[@Wigwamwham]

Good thing you didn't buy one!

[@sneed915]

My 5g plan just died and i want anonymity CLICK HERE NOW

[@Nightmarebyilke]

Maybe he did 😂

[@barfbot]

Aw dang they promised

[@curiouspeople6441]

Anything centralized is never safe

[@KrishnaDas-bt3qn]

i appreciate your Conference the way you presented was so relevant to. Kindly provide the resources to access your conference transcript

[@CorruptedGauntlet]

Great video! Mr. Cox is an incredible speaker-so quick, efficient, and engaging. You really can’t get tired of listening to him. I’d like to add something: even with GPS removed, triangulation is still possible. Your phone pings nearby cell towers to find the closest one with the best connectivity, which can be used to determine your location, since we are on a globe, even without a psychical sim inserted. What’s even more surprising is how many people are willing to run an operating system without compiling it themselves or thoroughly inspecting the code. Who in their right mind would connect their phone to something closed source? Cheers!

[@jamesdegriz]

Excellent presentation. Respect!

[@AIC_onyt]

our boi got right to the point without yapping. nice. also i am now scared that GrapheneOS is a fed honeypot xD

[@phantomtr1]

isnt it open source?

[@onedollarbill94]

​@@phantomtr1yes. it's also been audited by many security researchers and third party companies. they have very transparent information on the Web site

[@AIC_onyt]

@@phantomtr1 yes, but still my trust is down rn xD

[@rogo7330]

@@phantomtr1 Android also open source. Well, if you're accept the fact that it will not work when you throw away Qualcom and dozens others firmware, which is just a blob for hardware and it's updated all the time. But still, it's so much code, written in (ironically) so complex languages that use so much other overcomplicated build systems whose behavier easier to understand through strace and wireshark then through reading their code, that this could just as well be all in assembly. There is hundreds bugs just in Google's libc implementation that so on the surface I can't understand why nobody complained about that fact (just try to compile and run some simple C program through Termux, and you will very soon see that even getopt is broken).

[@arlobubble3748]

What they did is no different to what North Korea do with red star Linux - open source software with a huge amount of spyware

[@nathanhearn8914]

They can see everything you’ve ever done on a smart phone 😂😂😂😂

[@nathanhearn8914]

How you move about the screen, eye tracking, where you click and move the screen to. It’s all recoverable

[@Conorscorner]

The mics / sound system is on the verge of squeeling.

[@AstroflashYT]

Must be infuriating to talk with the delay (echo) going on here

[@CastleHassall]

yeah no need to have any echo or reverb on that type of source.. should have cut the Very high frequencies a lot too

[@anincompoop25]

In terms of KZbin lectures, this sounded great. I don’t mind the boominess or room bleed. So many lecture series have mics that are super tinny and straight up unlistenable for me. I can’t stand how clicky and sharp some lags and podium mics make voices sound. I’ll take extra room sound anyday

[@cgungryfcdjs1352]

well they should hire you to do sound next time lol sounds like any other talk in a big room to me

[@RyanJones-rg4ly]

Did the FEDs set it that way?

[@jrob1564]

well this is the most fascinating thing on the internet

[@sakudoo]

"Bernese German" 🤣🤣🤣 That is really funny and concerning: Funny because in Switzerland "Bernese German" is considered very much down-to-earth, friendly, slow and cosy... ... on the other hand it is crazy that the FBI has developed skills to this accuracy and detailed level to understand one particular dialect of a small country. Hence one must conclude that the FBI has enormous resources to infiltrate and understand the most distant parts of human communication.

[@rickylefleur2158]

I just need to look up that term as I never heard that before...

[@MichaelMurkovic]

Loved hearing him on Darknet Diaries. Great talk!

[@materialmirage]

This conference sounds like it's being held in my elementary school gym.

[@GunnarGuitarist]

A true journalist. 👏🏻

[@RogueCylon]

Ankle biter.

[@rubberonasphalt]

While the "Anom" sting worked well, a big issue is how publicised this was. Everyone heard about the worldwide busts, and the Anom phones, and now all the criminals have their suspicions has been raised. I can't see the next operations working very well. Whether its the next device, messaging app or whatever, they really should have kept this one quiet

[@revoblam7975]

Yeah, they got the message that they had to make their own phones, rely on their own trusted methods, now "anonimity" companies are either an scam or the lesser evil alternative

[@Hodapp]

@@revoblam7975 I don't get why they weren't doing that from the very beginning. They have the budget for it and they would be able to keep it all in house.

[@NickBouwhuis]

Joseph talks about how this was the goal of the FBI. Reduce trust in these private phones.

[@xenaluck]

did you not hear about the pagers......

[@ahumanbeing6875]

Are we 1000% sure, the intel agencies don't have access to quantum computing that can decrypt communications?

[@ianritta]

Really great talk. More people need to remind Federal agents that they operate within the confines of the constitution, and Americans have a right to privacy.

[@speedrunner9907]

The US government has been taken over by the mob dummy

[@bufordhighwater9872]

Did you not pay attention? This entire operation took place within the confines of the Constitution. None of this operation targeted US citizens or took place in the USA. It only operated in countries where the laws and governments allowed for this type of operation.

[@busygettingcash]

amazing story straight to the point as well

[@JD-lx2yf]

I'm buying a copy of the book. Very interesting, and I know several people who would be interested in reading this.

[@rcarsey]

so basically just assume WhatsApp, FB Messenger, Signal.. all of them already have a back door because some programmers were on the receiving end of a FISA warrant...

[@dahamsta]

I self-host as much as possible with the likes of Nextcloud, Bitwarden, etc, but even then it's hard to be sure they haven't been backdoored, if not by the developer then by some un-noticed hack on a GitHub account, etc.

[@DaveScottADV]

Signal is open source. If there was a backdoor slipped in, we'd be able to see it.

[@AndrewTSq]

@@DaveScottADV like the xz backdoor?

[@kam7000]

@@AndrewTSq which someone saw and immediately reported right? If you're worried about that, buy an android phone, run an open source os you trust & run a vm on that os and customize whatever data on your phone you want. Buy a raspberry pi route all your internet traffic through a vpn of your choice. You can stay anonymous regardless even if its backdoor'd

[@DaveScottADV]

@@AndrewTSq Two totally different things. But yes, like the xz backdoor that was slipped in and then discovered in ~1 months time. Thanks for proving my point...?

[@berndeckenfels]

Hehe, that “suspect has blurred out this area in the picture” is such a handy feature 😂

[@theworldofwoo8320]

It's amazing that with all money they have, why don't the criminals just hire some skilled IT guys or pay for training their own men...unbelievable

[@mraaronfrancis]

Mexican cartels did, they even built their own telecom networks for privacy

[@w.p.3539]

Nice presentation and agree need to continue to protect from not just dealers but terrerist

[@coronaphone710]

My advice to keeping your voice changed is to add multiple effects like a vocoder, flanger and/or a phaser. Incl. delay and reverb. And send a extra modulation source to the pitch because a pitched up voice is just one modulation source and very easy....to pitch down.

[@renakunisaki]

Even better: don't use your voice. If audio is required, use TTS.

[@DALDO135]

Look at what the IDF did in Lebanon, with the Explosive phones, Beepers, lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewpastor7998]

I hope this man is safe!!

[@swagmuffin9000]

some people just born to be a speaker

[@myfaveyoutube]

Definitely, he's an excellent writer too. the thing I like most about Joseph is the way he thinks. Curiosity, razor sharp analysis, thorough research, super broad knowledge of many fields.. plus he knows which side his bread is buttered and it's the correct one 😆

[@observe_and_purport]

Excellent presentation by an excellent presenter. Thanks! Hope you stay safe. Your life seems exciting and dangerous. From my paranoid layman's perspective, I think the next version of this will take the form of supply chain, and/or company-sanctioned operations.

[@Greebli]

i love that this guy does not think signal and all other apps are not backdoored already

[@gmdzbanwic]

Malicious compliance

[@davidr2421]

How would Signal be backdoored? You think RSA is cracked already?

[@Pepesmall]

​@@davidr2421allegedly the Chinese cracked RSA with a quantum computer but everyone is calling them liars like always

[@gmdzbanwic]

@@davidr2421 its Facebook app donkey 😂

[@CastleHassall]

he never claimed they weren't affected by that. he just said people use them

[@joaomanoellima5947]

Great storytelling! Loved the talk.

[@social_anthrax]

I genuinely love Joseph's work. 404 media is more of the same amazing investigative journalism. I highly recommend giving it a look!

[@projectsspecial9224]

Dangerous profession 😅

[@VoluntaryLiving]

​@@projectsspecial9224Silence and cowardice are much more Dangerous than doing what's right.

[@projectsspecial9224]

@@VoluntaryLiving what's "right" is subjective

[@uditjoshi1407]

Thank you ! Thank you !

[@nikkolaus]

Good Lord that feedback

[@LJ-jq8og]

GOD BLESS 🙏 the FBI💪🇺🇸.....

[@smittfish]

love the work you guys do always. But still #omerta for life

[@alexlefevre3555]

That's wild... the original creator sold the whole idea to the FBI for $120k and a get out of jail free card. I am cracking up just thinking about that conversation, and the fact that the FBI was down for co-signing that guy's future crimes.

[@guachingman]

Yeah but imagine being famous in those circles with your 120k...good luck wherever you are..

[@DevilsAdvocate_HigherThanU]

No district attorney in any jurisdiction in America is legally bound by a deal the FBI made with a criminal.

[@deanthegod5649]

It's people like you who are actively making the world a better place to live for all humans ❤

[@bojcio]

Privacy apps/hardware/services are highly likely to be a deliberate honey pots or have back doors. Always assume you're being listened to and take appropriate measures. Never trust stuff like this.

[@Hihello45682]

if you think for a second that anything on this planet will not give up your info, your crazy.

[@henryq1646]

Commenters are like “Wow, this guy is straight to the point and a good storyteller.” Yeah! That’s what journalists do. You’re going to miss us when we’re gone

[@ClowdyHowdy]

If you're gonna claim this guy, you gotta claim all the rats in the MSM too if you wanna get all high and mighty about being an oppressed journalist.

[@jacksonfive5180]

Well, journalists are at fault. You need to weed out Marxist, woke propagandists calling for censorship. Just kick them out, stop talking about fake news (actual truth). Legacy journalism is all in on fake news.

[@projectsspecial9224]

Journalists have an extremely hazardous profession 😅

[@_Optional_]

Where are you going?

[@projectsspecial9224]

@@_Optional_ retirement or deceased

[@starga2ing]

imagine believing you can buy an encrypted cellphone as a civilian lol

[@MRsilverngold]

when they arrested all the big players in the illegal drug industry who used the anon phone it was a huge victory for law enforcement,but now things have returned to normal & it shows punishing people with harsh sentences in jail isnt working,treating peoples addiction in rehab centre's will be a lot more successful

[@therealbe]

Harsh sentences certainly deter many. The thing about illegal sales is that when one group goes down, three other newbie groups pop up eager to take their place. The only resolution is to eliminate demand, which is why safe supply was implemented.

[@MRsilverngold]

@@therealbe your right theres people to replace the ones who are arrested & put in jail,it seems to me if harsh punishment wont stop people treating the addiction to a drug may help,detox centres & anti drug education in schools could be successful, best wishes

[@TheAechBomb]

users should get rehab, I agree, but the smugglers and traffickers? straight to prison.

[@aNINETIEZkid]

most addicts do not want help and only want to continue using so you can't magically treat them all effectively. my country decriminalized drugs and now we have way more addicts and users than ever before. it made problem way worse. it really depends on the culture of the country as something that worked in Amsterdam may not work in another country.

[@MRsilverngold]

@@aNINETIEZkid I read that Portugal decriminalisation of all drugs was a success, The opioid crisis soon stabilised, and the ensuing years saw dramatic drops in problematic drug use, HIV and hepatitis infection rates, overdose deaths, drug-related crime and incarceration rates. HIV infection plummeted from an all-time high in 2000 of 104.2 new cases per million to 4.2 cases per million in 2015. The data behind these changes has been studied and cited as evidence by harm-reduction movements around the globe. If you give the youth anti drug information in school will help even more,there isn't enough drug rehabilitation centres to get help from in Australia,jail dose not stop any one from drug use,drugs are available in prison & prison is were you learn from others in there about criminal activities to do when you get out,

[@wesendhits]

Imagine doing illegal shit and trusting technology

[@pajeetsingh]

Hosting in AWS? Why would anyone assume it is safe from FBI?

[@projectsspecial9224]

Agencies say, "WE LOVE THE CLOUD!!" 😂

[@mraaronfrancis]

Everything on aws can be encrypted with supplied keys... Like anything, it can be very safe and secure

[@projectsspecial9224]

@@mraaronfrancis I respectfully disagree. For the most part, the cloud has decent implemented traditional security practices BUT it's NEVER safe for non-conventional attack vectors and backdoors. Due diligence is key!

[@stevestancill4928]

I wonder how many VPN companies three letter agencies started? 😂😂😢

[@danieljamesbinderystu2968]

It was literally invented by them

[@stevestancill4928]

@@danieljamesbinderystu2968 correct the US Navy invented Tor.

[@projectsspecial9224]

Suspect ALL of them 😂

[@vanillasmerk5742]

I'm glad we have this. Had this. 🤔

[@Rhehshsj]

1:00 What I'm hearing is ALL our messages are in the eyes of law enforcement and who knows what else. Why? Can't we just enjoy our privacy.

[@HD58PHD]

Silly fool,NO you may NOT!

[@jimwednt1229]

Beautiful concise presentation.

[@markc17]

Saying they want to do it again misses the point that they're doing it already to messaging like Signal, to Tor and to VPNs and any other mechanisms that people would move to, only they keep that quiet while they can because the value is high. No one trusts specific devices anymore, everyone knows they're likely provided by LEA.

[@StrokeMahEgo]

People tend to forget that the feds invented tor. Lol

[@TheAechBomb]

​@@StrokeMahEgothat wasn't the feds iirc, that was the navy