EncroChat

[who-shot-jr]

If anyone is interested, the BBC made a podcast about EncroChat - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p09dj358

[chedabob]

Was covered a little on Darknet Diaries too: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/105/

[amarant]

Huh, I didn't know encrochat was a legit encrypted chat at first.

Someone told me once it was created as a ruse by the European police, made from the start as a way to take down criminal organisations.

Guess I shouldn't believe everything I'm told! TIL

[bitwize]

They may have confused it with ANOM, which was a government honeypot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOM

[RCitronsBroker]

there was one called SKY ECC in Europe that, similarly to ANOM, was a honeypot from the get go.

[vodou]

In Sweden, the EncroChat infiltration led to more than 1000 years of prison sentences.

[bloqs]

Features heavily on this double episode of 24rs In Police Custody

https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-home-county-cartel-part-...

[johnisgood]

> He was identified from a photo he had sent via Encrochat showing his hands holding a block of Blue Stilton. Police were able to identify him via his fingerprints in the photo.

Nice.

[acqbu]

Also relevant: https://grapheneos.org/

[Seanambers]

This comes to mind : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tMXFsWBgB4&ab_channel=Chann...

A British tv series about the police and here they come across a criminal organization which uses Encro to smuggle drugs into the country.

Well worth a watch ; https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13433048/