The FBI collected some 27 million messages between criminal organisations over the three years it ran an encrypted messaging service, which criminals thought was secure from law enforcement. — AP Photo
One drug trafficker texted another that he had a "job" and a proven way to get it done: two kilograms of cocaine from Bogota using the French embassy's protected diplomatic pouch.
The pair were straightforward, because they were using the newest, safest mode of communicating: a special-purpose, highly encrypted, messaging-only cellphone called ANOM that operated on a closed network.
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