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Europol: Operation takes down encrypted messaging service used by criminals www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-operation-takes-down-another-encrypted-messaging-service-used-criminals

414 sats \ 6 comments \ @final 3 Dec 2024 tech

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 4 Dec 2024

following the takedown of several services such as Sky ECC, EncroChat, Exclu and Ghost. Criminals, in response to the disruptions of their messaging services, have been turning to a variety of less-established or custom-built communication tools

I don't get it. Why would criminals use such less established chat programs?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 4 Dec 2024

I guess nobody told them that security by obscurity doesn't work

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guts 3 Dec 2024

Signal is doomed... Right?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @B_rian 3 Dec 2024

Hello, ...checks notes... fellow criminals who use matrix 🤣. Don't forget: private comms are for criminals (that's why the government uses them) not the sheep ...errr... I mean people.

MATRIX, a messaging service made by criminals for criminals, was first discovered by Dutch authorities on the phone of a criminal convicted for the murder of a Dutch journalist in 2021.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 3 Dec 2024

Do they mean this Matrix?

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @final OP 3 Dec 2024

Nope, some shitty EncroChat-style service by some Dutch(?) criminal gangs. They'd sell phones with their own messaging service at an unreasonable price markup. The Matrix they're talking about has their website seized it looks like.