This Phone Was Designed By The FBI To Catch Criminals - Anom Phone Hands On

This smartphone was marketed as an encrypted secure device that "enforces your right to privacy". As it turns out the phone was developed by the FBI and AFP as a honeypot. Giving them the ability to read every message sent from the device. Among other things.
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[ezengondolkozom]

This is why you should never trust proprietary software when talking about privacy.
This is a golden example made by the FBI themselves

[sudonim]

This is why you can never really trust any "privacy" software if it isn't open source. Only open source allows you, the user, to ensure there is nothing sketchy going on.

[Bbq]

While not for crimes, being able to either switch between work and personal phone on the same device or safely know you’re not being tracked by 100 apps would be pretty cool.

[THEGOOD]

Good thing the FBI would never make criminals out of ordinary

[jjpelham]

The FBI should teach a masterclass in degrading public trust.

[astupidmidge]

If you think iOS is restrictive or locked down enough, ArcaneOS makes iOS feel like Android in comparison

[HughJeffreys]

I did a unit in Cyber Security last year at uni and got an answer wrong on a quiz about which is the more secure option. Open or closed source software? The teacher said I was wrong in saying open source software is better for security and privacy. (As long as its kept up-to-date) He argued if the code was hidden people couldn't find vulnerabilities... Thought that was one of the biggest points to open source software. Especially allowing people to see if there is any backdoors. There is advantages to both but still I would of liked to show him this one to emphasise my point.

[darkwoodmovies]

I wonder what the legality of something like this is. If this ever got sold to and tracked someone without a warrant, I feel like this would be a massive invasion of privacy and overreach by the government, and end up in a lawsuit that could easily work its way to the Supreme Court.

[Zulf]

I'd love a system like this with two pins on a phone - it seems a lot faster than different user accounts. kind of a shame the only option is a honeypot lmao

[Toma-]

Imagine being a regular person just spending more money for privacy then having all your messages read by authorities 🗿

[Slap]

I remember seeing these phones at launch. Marketing them as super secure and privacy focused. I almost picked one up. I remember reading an XDA thread stating something about how odd it was when they got a copy of it.

[ratonbox]

Even if the story wasn’t real, this is still a a masterclass, it makes it impossible for criminals to trust somebody else with the same privacy claims.

[alexanderx]

The reason most apps and functions like sending messages, call out and saving contacts don't work is because all that data is saved in cloud, albeit FBI's cloud. Since that cloud server is down, none of the apps can save that data and thus crash at any command. I guess the Clock app is the only one that doesn't need its data stored.

[rolls_]

I think this is just proof that if you want something truly secure, it has to be open source and transparent to the user.

i mean, hell, companies even decline alerting their customers when they've been hacked just because they'd look bad

[PvblivsAelivs]

The whole interface screams "trap." Just as a privacy enthusiast, I would want a "decoy" mode and a "secret" mode. The "decoy" mode should let you show government agents that you have "nothing to hide" and should function like people expect a phone to function. The apps should work. And a regular government agent should not have any reason to believe there is anything else under the hood. The "secret" mode should also be fully functional. It should just store, encrypt, and possibly transmit encrypted things you don't want prying eyes to see.

Maybe the sting operation provided apparent functionality. But otherwise, I don't see how they got their targets to use this.

[dmon]

First glance: ah yes, the google logo.. I trust my privacy is safe with this device

[BoiLeek]

I’m impressed by how in depth u went in exploring every nook and cranny in the phone’s OS and trying to find a crack in the system, this is quality content

[IngwiePhoenix]

Using the pin code to switch users is super neat. Would legit want this as a feature!

[usrbinluna]

FYI: ArcaneOS was the old name for Project Arcana, a pretty popular, feature-rich custom rom. It's literally just that, with some apps removed and a custom calc.

[NerdOnTheStreet]

I wonder if this system breached any open-source licenses, since it contained what appeared to be builds of open-source software but was apparently closed-source.