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Apple Introduces Parental Control Feature That Scans Messages for Nudity
The feature will use machine learning to detect nudity in incoming and outgoing messages sent by children, but is concerning some experts.
‘We Have to Run a Good Company’: How the FBI Sold Its Encryption Honeypot
The FBI had to run its Anom encrypted phone company just like any other, a former Department of Justice official who worked on the case told Motherboard.
DOJ Charges Criminal ‘Influencers’ Who Worked for FBI’s Honeypot Phone Company
The defendants thought they worked for Anom, an encrypted phone company marketed to criminals. But the FBI was in control, and now the DOJ is charging them.
Hacking Startup 'Azimuth Security' Unlocked the San Bernardino iPhone
Motherboard can confirm a Washington Post report that said Azimuth Security developed the tool used on the San Bernardino iPhone.
Emails Show Shadow Structure Behind Encrypted Phone Network Encrochat
Emails obtained by Motherboard show an Encrochat co-owner conducting business via overseas companies and bank accounts.
How an Underground Tech CEO Escaped the FBI
In this week's episode of CYBER, Joseph Cox tells the narrative story of encrypted phone company Phantom Secure.
The Network: How a Secretive Phone Company Helped the Crime World Go Dark
Vince Ramos wanted Phantom Secure to be the Uber of privacy-focused, luxury-branded phones—flood the market with devices, and sort out the law later. Then the FBI investigated him.
iPhone Unlocking Tech GrayKey Went Up in Price Because Hacking iPhones Got Harder
The cost of an annual license for the online version of GrayKey increased to $18,000, according to emails obtained by Motherboard.
We Built a Database of Over 500 iPhones Cops Have Tried to Unlock
"It is the world we are in today, and so have to deal with it," former FBI general counsel Jim Baker said about device encryption.
Encrypted Phone Company Helped Plan Crime Blogger’s Murder, Cops and Source Say
MPC, an encrypted phone company Motherboard revealed as being created by organized crime, "put him on a plate for the Moroccans to pull the trigger."
Inside the Phone Company Secretly Run By Drug Traffickers
Crime blogger Martin Kok was assassinated while leaving a sex club. It turned out MPC, one of his clients, was not an ordinary phone company.
CEO Pleads Guilty to Selling Encrypted Phones to Organized Crime
Phantom Secure made custom, encrypted BlackBerry phones and sold them to customers all over the world, including to the Sinaloa cartel, according to prosecutors.