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Anonymous ID: cd943c July 4, 2020, 2:19 p.m. No.9856486   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6499 >>6517 >>6668 >>6826 >>6891 >>7024 >>7104 >>7125

>>9856399 LB

PART 2 OF 2

 

"Who was behind EncroChat? The identities of the people running EncroChat are currently unknown."

Oh, really? Alright.

 

"Leaked documents obtained by Motherboard revealed that EncroChat's phones were modified Android devices, many of them based on the BQ Aquaris X2 - an Android phone released in 2018 by a Spanish electronics company…

 

… Physical modifications to the devices also meant the camera, microphone, GPS transponder and USB port were removed.

 

Additionally, users could enter a PIN code which would immediately delete all of the messages on the device - as would happen in the event that wrong passwords were repeatedly entered.

 

These functions "apparently were specially developed to make it possible to quickly erase compromising messages, for example at the time of arrest by the police", according to Europol.

 

"In addition, the device could be erased from a distance by the reseller/helpdesk," the agency added."

 

"How did the authorities crack down on it?

 

The encrypted messaging system first came to the attention of the French Gendarmerie in 2017, which said it was regularly finding the phones when conducting operations against organised crime gangs.

 

They eventually discovered that EncroChat was operating from servers based in France and were eventually able "to put a technical device in place" which allowed them to access the encrypted messages sent over the company's network.

 

Although it isn't clear what this device was, it suggests the investigators were able to deploy some form of technical implant on the network rather than break the encryption protecting the messages in transit."

 

Further digs:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3aza95/how-police-took-over-encrochat-hacked

 

"Only now is the astonishing scale of the operation coming into focus: It represents one of the largest law enforcement infiltrations of a communications network predominantly used by criminals ever, with Encrochat users spreading beyond Europe to the Middle East and elsewhere. French, Dutch, and other European agencies monitored and investigated "more than a hundred million encrypted messages" sent between Encrochat users in real time, leading to arrests in the UK, Norway, Sweden, France, and the Netherlands, a team of international law enforcement agencies announced Thursday."

 

Discussion of encrypted phones from 2017:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-danny-the-guy-selling-encrypted-phones-to-organized-crime

 

http://www.eurojust.europa.eu/press/PressReleases/Pages/2020/2020-07-02b.aspx

 

EncroChat:

 

https://cointelegraph.com/news/authorities-take-down-biggest-criminal-chat-network-yet

 

Five Eyes enters the scene

 

"… This comes a week after a bill that, in essence, would ban end-to-end encryption was introduced to the Senate. The same issue was recently raised in the ministerial meeting of the nations that make up the “Five Eye” intelligence community — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States:

 

“We discussed the vital importance of collaboration between governments and the digital industry to address concerns with end-to-end encryption where it impacts public safety and the lawful access to information necessary to prevent or investigate serious crimes.”

 

Taking this into consideration, it is possible that this bust is part of the coordinated campaign to discredit privacy-preserving technologies in the eyes of the general public. If this indeed is the case, then we would expect to see more similar announcements in the coming months."

Anonymous ID: cd943c July 4, 2020, 2:37 p.m. No.9856662   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6769 >>6911

>>9856511

Never thought spouseanon's genealogy digs would be useful here.

 

There is a hereditary organization for Americans descended from Huguenot immigrants from France. The symbol is called the Cross of Languedoc. Its symbolism, at least in the context limited to the hereditary society, is:

 

http://www.huguenot.netnation.com/general/cross.htm

 

The insignia consists of an open four-petal Lily of France reminiscent of the Mother Country of France in which each petal radiates outward in the shape of a "V" to form a Maltese Cross. The four petals signify the Four Gospels. Each petal, or arm, has at its outside periphery two rounded points at the corners. These rounded points are regarded as signifying the Eight Beatitudes.

The four petals are joined together by four fleur-de-lis, also reminiscent of the Mother Country of France. Each fleur-de-lis has has three petals. The twelve petals of the four fleur-de-lis signify the Twelve Apostles.

An open space in the shape of heart is formed between each fleur-de-lis and the arms of the two petals with which it is joined. This shape a symbol of loyalty suggests the seal of the great French Reformer, John Calvin.

A descending dove pendant representing the Saint Esprit or "Sainted Spirit" the guide and counselor of the Church is suspended from a ring of gold attached to the lower central petal.

 

There is at least one active Huguenot church in America, located in Charleston, South Carolina. There may be more of which I am not aware.