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Re:Belgian Police Say They Decrypted Half a Billion ‘Sky’ Me... by Scoundreller on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @06:20PM (#26483950)
Seems like Google pixels. Just do an image search for the product name and you’ll see it for sale from “spy stores” that sell things like hidden cameras.
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Re:Belgian Police Say They Decrypted Half a Billion ‘Sky’ Me... by londons_explore on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @12:10AM (#26486430)
Which tells you a little about how price insensitive the users are.

Who chooses a $800 phone as the basis for a service only offering text chat when a $50 phone would work just fine?

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Re:Belgian Police Say They Decrypted Half a Billion ‘Sky’ Me... by Scoundreller on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @01:19AM (#26486859)
That business model worked for blackberry until it didn’t.
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