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Secure Phones lead to huge drug busts

Nifty comms penetration devices are getting easier to obtain all the time. I was with
a spook friend the other day having coffee, while we were sitting he set up a ‘free
wi-fi’ hotspot named after the location we were in. Within minutes, he had a bunch
of passwords and data as folks hooked up to the free wifi. And this with an over the
counter Erikkson device... Scary.
 
Nifty comms penetration devices are getting easier to obtain all the time. I was with
a spook friend the other day having coffee, while we were sitting he set up a ‘free
wi-fi’ hotspot named after the location we were in. Within minutes, he had a bunch
of passwords and data as folks hooked up to the free wifi. And this with an over the
counter Erikkson device... Scary.

Hence the reason I never ever join wifi anywhere unless it’s mine.
 
Another option is the local LE types got the help of the cell phone carriers to install their spyware by pushing it down from the carrier side.
Most carriers can actually do a lot to your phone without you knowing about it. This is usually done to make sure your phone keeps working when they do various network & equipment upgrades or such.
 
Isn't this the case where one of their triggering factors in starting to take the groups down was the bad guys preparing to use a Conex box fitted out as a soundproofed torture chamber in the Port of Rotterdam?