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US: Alaska man busted with 10,000+ child sex abuse images despite his many encrypted apps (arstechnica.com)

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 65 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

The Ars article seems to suggest that they were able to crack his phones pretty easily, which is a bit scary. I don't see anything about a computer.

Although it doesn't appear he was actually using any encryption apps to store material; rather, he used a fake calculator app as password protection. Obviously not the brightest bulb in the drawer.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The material was allegedly stored behind password protection on his phone(s) but also on Mega and on Telegram, where Herrera is said to have "created his own public Telegram group to store his CSAM." He also joined "multiple CSAM-related Enigma groups" and frequented dark websites with taglines like "The Only Child Porn Site you need!"

My guess would honestly be Telegram. For starters, they aren't end-to-end encrypted by default, you have to turn it on. The only end-to-end encryption that Telegram offers is their "secret chats" which are only available between two users. Groups are not encrypted.

[–] theterrasque@infosec.pub 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So telegram's delusional propaganda did something good for once?

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

What propaganda?

That groups aren't encrypted is documented. If you don't know that, it's because you didn't bother to see how it works.

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