The most important take-away of the story is that if the government has the power to gather all available data of people, sooner or later the same information will be in the hands of criminals targeting those same people.
vkou · 15m ago
And sometimes, the government becomes the criminals and everyone discovers that it's really difficult to get them to hold themselves accountable.
Arubis · 1h ago
And oftentimes the government and the criminals will be the same people—if not at the beginning then by convergence.
pkkkzip · 23m ago
also a demonstration of resources of the state vs those of a cartel
quite good and poses significant challenge to the state
OutOfHere · 1h ago
Furthermore, the government is complicit in the intentional insecurity of the phone networks, protocols, and operating systems.
firefax · 1h ago
I'm surprised how few people don't put their phone in airplane mode when not actively making a call.
cschep · 1h ago
Your surprise at this makes you an extreme outlier.
NewJazz · 1h ago
Ummm... You don't want to receive calls and texts?
firefax · 1h ago
>Ummm... You don't want to receive calls and texts?
not really
echoangle · 43m ago
But how can you be surprised that other people don't do this if you expect to be able to call them? If you are able to call them, they have to have their phone not in airplane mode, right? Or do you only do scheduled calls?
gavinray · 31m ago
>Doesn't want to receive calls or texts
>Owns a phone
richardatlarge · 2h ago
By now, the FBI should know better than to underestimate the cartels.
quite good and poses significant challenge to the state
not really
>Owns a phone