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CYBER

The Feds Say He’s a Crime Boss, He Says He’s Just a Tech CEO

CYBER

VICE

Tech News, News & Politics, Technology, News

4645 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Encrypted messaging apps. We all love them. You don’t have to be doing anything shady to want to make sure your messages are end-to-end encrypted. And for most people there’s dozens of options. Signal, Wicker, even WhatsApp boasts end-to-end encryption.


But what if you need something a little more secure? That’s where encrypted phone companies like Sky Global and Phantom come in. These companies cater to a more discerning clientele with a need for a more secure messaging environment. Which is part of how they get into such trouble with the feds.


With us today is Motherboard journalist Joseph Cox. He’s gonna tell us about his newest feature: Crime Boss or Tech CEO? An Encrypted Phone Company Sues the Government to Save Itself.


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0:00.0

Tadden, it's got the code. It's going to launch.

0:10.2

It's a unit system. I know this.

0:14.5

It's all the files of the whole park. It tells you everything.

0:18.5

Sir, he's uploading the virus.

0:21.2

Eagle One.

0:22.0

The package is being delivered.

0:24.9

I don't know why that's so satisfying to hit that button and just have that play and broadcast.

0:30.2

Maybe it reminds me of running soundboards for musicals in high school.

0:34.1

I don't know.

0:35.1

But I do like it.

0:36.1

Hello out there in Cyberland.

0:38.4

Encrypted messaging apps. We all love them. You don't have to be doing anything shady to want to make your messages

0:43.0

end-to-end encrypted. And for most people, there's dozens of options. Signal, wicker,

0:49.3

even WhatsApp boasts end-to-end encryption. Uh, but what if you need something a little more secure?

0:54.2

Well, that's where companies like Sky Global and Phantom come in.

0:57.7

These companies cater to a more discerning clientele with a need for a more secure messaging

1:03.0

environment, which is part of how they got into so much trouble with the feds.

1:08.1

So with us today is motherboard journalist Joseph Cox, and he's going to

1:11.7

tell us about his newest feature, Crime Boss or Tech CEO, an encrypted phone company, sues the

1:17.1

government to save itself. I'm Matthew Galt, and this is Cyber. J.C., so thank you so much for

1:24.4

coming on to the show once again and walking us through some of your reporting.

1:28.5

Yeah, absolutely. Happy to go into it.

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