By now, the FBI should know better than to underestimate the cartels.
RRWagner•5h ago
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.
OutOfHere•4h ago
Furthermore, the government is complicit in the intentional insecurity of the phone networks, protocols, and operating systems.
Arubis•4h ago
And oftentimes the government and the criminals will be the same people—if not at the beginning then by convergence.
pkkkzip•3h ago
also a demonstration of resources of the state vs those of a cartel
quite good and poses significant challenge to the state
vkou•3h ago
And sometimes, the government becomes the criminals and everyone discovers that it's really difficult to get them to hold themselves accountable.
firefax•4h ago
I'm surprised how few people don't put their phone in airplane mode when not actively making a call.
NewJazz•4h ago
Ummm... You don't want to receive calls and texts?
firefax•4h ago
>Ummm... You don't want to receive calls and texts?
not really
echoangle•3h 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•3h ago
>Doesn't want to receive calls or texts
>Owns a phone
gausswho•2h ago
> Doesn't mind when normies quaintly describe their pocket supercomputer as a 'phone'
fc417fc802•2h ago
It's a mobile network terminal and camera that I occasionally use to place calls to businesses, after all. The business can leave a voicemail if they need to reach me. My family and friends can send written messages. I don't see the issue.
frereubu•1h ago
Sounds like my mum.
cschep•4h ago
Your surprise at this makes you an extreme outlier.
gausswho•2h ago
I do this at home to avoid needlessly hunting for towers that are barely in range. But I am concerned that if I don't leave the house for a few days the carrier (Google Fi / TMobile) may be discarding messages. I've heard mixed opinions on if this is happening. But I am missing calls even with WiFi calling on.
richardatlarge•5h ago