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Re:“Turkey coup plotters' use of 'amateur' app helped unveil... by colechristensen on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @11:28PM (#12223188)
Have the NSA design one for you through a front and have the Americans on your side (publicly or not).

It really depends on who you are trying to depose. I wouldn't trust any device if you were going against the interests of America / NATO, there are just too many opportunities for side channels. Likewise if it were using Chinese hardware against China. Assume you're compromised in either situation regardless of how secure your encryption seems to be.

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Re:“Turkey coup plotters' use of 'amateur' app helped unveil... by at-fates-hands on Thursday August 04, 2016 @01:44AM (#12223633)
>>Likewise if it were using Chinese hardware against China

Article from 2015 talking about phones shipping from Chinese manufacturers with backdoors already installed:

26 Android Phone Models Shipped with Pre-Installed Spyware

http://thehackernews.com/2015/09/android-smartphone-malware....

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