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What Next TBD: The FBI Made a Phone Network. It Was A Trap.

Slate Technology

Slate

Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6636 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In 2021, one of the largest global law enforcement operations took place. It was all thanks to an encrypted phone service known as Anom, which was secretly run by the FBI.  The program was a wild success. But did the agency take it too far?  Guest: Joseph Cox, investigative reporter for 404 media and author of “Dark Wire, the Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever” Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I made you think you was real.

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1:05.8

As the sun rose on the morning of June 8th, 2021, one of the single largest law enforcement operations in history began.

1:14.6

It starts in Australia, and they're breaking down doors, they're arresting bikers, drug traffickers, all of these sorts of people.

1:25.9

That's reporter Joseph Cox, author of the new book Darkwire. Police arrested more than 800

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