MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-V mobile phone

Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by lizknope on Friday October 04, 2024 @10:12AM (#41741632)

How the FBI's fake cell phone company put criminals into real jail cells

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/31/1197959218/fbi-phone-company-...

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163389/joseph-cox-dark-...

I remember this story. The FBI created cell phone business targeting criminals. They got criminals to believe it was a secure network all while listening in.

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Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by joemazerino on Friday October 04, 2024 @01:30PM (#41743585)

There is a distinct difference between a publicly offered MikroPhone and a phone swapped between criminals. Not every phone is some honeypot.

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Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by lazyeye on Friday October 04, 2024 @02:54PM (#41744444)

Dark Wire by Joseph Cox covers the whole story

https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Wire-Incredible-Largest-Operatio...

It was a real conundrum for law enforcement agencies because at some point they had to stop facilitating crime and start exposing it.

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Re:MikroPhone: A privacy enhanced, simple and featured RISC-... by aksss on Friday October 04, 2024 @03:51PM (#41744989)

(judgement aside, just facts) There's a lot of that going on with the FBI, including bot nets / marketplaces that they commandeer. How long do you let it continue? It's a fantastic way to gather intelligence, and the risk that a market player may be LE adds more peril for the players engaging in it.

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