Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked
by consp on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:03AM
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Considering they operated in France and the Netherlands and even 'had a shop there' (whatever that means): Yes, but looking at all the articles I'm pretty sure they are also building a case against EncroChat for participating or actively facilitating criminal behavior, in which case the point is mute anyway.
Some requests can be made to ask you participate making you sort-of free of prosecution as you are cooperating, but I doubt they would do that with companies with shady structures and owners.
Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked
by thu2111 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:05PM
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EncroChat is not an app you get from an app store. It came with the EncroPhone, which are physical Androids you rent for some absurdly high price (like $3000/year-ish). And EncroPhone didn't sell online. You had to get them via a reseller i.e. someone you knew, or they had a few physical stores in the Netherlands.
Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked
by hhp1771611da90 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:52AM
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It's moot
Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked
by jacquesm on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:32AM
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They're lucky if they don't end up being named as enablers / accomplices, or dead if their customers catch up with them.
Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked
by nelaboras on Thursday July 02, 2020 @10:10AM
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Ah yes, you caught us supporting a drug network with 60k members, we will sue you for harming our business.
Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked
by trengorilla on Thursday July 02, 2020 @11:14AM
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PGP is supporting many more. Should they ban PGP?
Are they supposed to simply accept that the government will hack into their servers and users devices with no compensation?