Joseph Cox
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So you would open up the phone and to get to the Anom messaging application itself, you'd actually have to go through the calculator app. You had to type in two times two and press equals. The calculator would fade away and then the Anom app would reveal itself. Oh, that's cool. Which is a very cool little gadget. You know, I wish I could do that on my normal phone.
So you would open up the phone and to get to the Anom messaging application itself, you'd actually have to go through the calculator app. You had to type in two times two and press equals. The calculator would fade away and then the Anom app would reveal itself. Oh, that's cool. Which is a very cool little gadget. You know, I wish I could do that on my normal phone.
It then had all of this other stuff, like you could send scrambled voice memos. So even if the cops managed to intercept it, the voice would be all garbled and they wouldn't be able to tell who was actually talking. You could also redact images. So if somebody's face was in there, you could then blur it. And again, the cops get the image. They're actually not going to know who's in there.
It then had all of this other stuff, like you could send scrambled voice memos. So even if the cops managed to intercept it, the voice would be all garbled and they wouldn't be able to tell who was actually talking. You could also redact images. So if somebody's face was in there, you could then blur it. And again, the cops get the image. They're actually not going to know who's in there.
It then had all of this other stuff, like you could send scrambled voice memos. So even if the cops managed to intercept it, the voice would be all garbled and they wouldn't be able to tell who was actually talking. You could also redact images. So if somebody's face was in there, you could then blur it. And again, the cops get the image. They're actually not going to know who's in there.
And probably most importantly, it had this really powerful wipe system where if the phone fell into the wrong hands, you know, maybe a border cop seized it or another law enforcement official got hold of it, you could tell a NOM, hey, quick, my phone is in the hands of the cops, please wipe the device. And they would do that. And it would remove all data from the phone. Of course, you know,
And probably most importantly, it had this really powerful wipe system where if the phone fell into the wrong hands, you know, maybe a border cop seized it or another law enforcement official got hold of it, you could tell a NOM, hey, quick, my phone is in the hands of the cops, please wipe the device. And they would do that. And it would remove all data from the phone. Of course, you know,
And probably most importantly, it had this really powerful wipe system where if the phone fell into the wrong hands, you know, maybe a border cop seized it or another law enforcement official got hold of it, you could tell a NOM, hey, quick, my phone is in the hands of the cops, please wipe the device. And they would do that. And it would remove all data from the phone. Of course, you know,
iCloud and Apple, they have something similar. But you don't go to Apple and be like, hey, my phone's in the hands of the cops. Tim Cook isn't going to do that, as far as I know.
iCloud and Apple, they have something similar. But you don't go to Apple and be like, hey, my phone's in the hands of the cops. Tim Cook isn't going to do that, as far as I know.
iCloud and Apple, they have something similar. But you don't go to Apple and be like, hey, my phone's in the hands of the cops. Tim Cook isn't going to do that, as far as I know.
It had all of these bells and whistles, which, while still being secure, showed that, hey, we don't have to have these sort of like sluggish cameras cumbersome encrypted phones anymore. We can have the phone of the 2020s with all of the cool features while still catering to our criminal clientele. Got it.
It had all of these bells and whistles, which, while still being secure, showed that, hey, we don't have to have these sort of like sluggish cameras cumbersome encrypted phones anymore. We can have the phone of the 2020s with all of the cool features while still catering to our criminal clientele. Got it.
It had all of these bells and whistles, which, while still being secure, showed that, hey, we don't have to have these sort of like sluggish cameras cumbersome encrypted phones anymore. We can have the phone of the 2020s with all of the cool features while still catering to our criminal clientele. Got it.
Yeah, exactly. It brings them well into the 2020s, and criminals can now send, you know, their sunglasses emojis or their heart emojis while they're doing their multi-ton shipments of cocaine.
Yeah, exactly. It brings them well into the 2020s, and criminals can now send, you know, their sunglasses emojis or their heart emojis while they're doing their multi-ton shipments of cocaine.
Yeah, exactly. It brings them well into the 2020s, and criminals can now send, you know, their sunglasses emojis or their heart emojis while they're doing their multi-ton shipments of cocaine.
And that's a security benefit as well, right? You can't just rock into a normal phone store and get one of these phones, because if you could, the cops would buy them, and then they would get on the network as well. So you have this human-level reseller network that also keeps the good guys out and the bad guys in.
And that's a security benefit as well, right? You can't just rock into a normal phone store and get one of these phones, because if you could, the cops would buy them, and then they would get on the network as well. So you have this human-level reseller network that also keeps the good guys out and the bad guys in.
And that's a security benefit as well, right? You can't just rock into a normal phone store and get one of these phones, because if you could, the cops would buy them, and then they would get on the network as well. So you have this human-level reseller network that also keeps the good guys out and the bad guys in.