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Joseph Cox

Crime Tech

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.

Joseph Cox Motherboard Oct 2020 35min Permalink

Crime

How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime

Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots.

Joseph Cox Motherboard Jul 2020 30min Permalink

Tech

America’s DIY Phone Farmers

How to pay for your food, diapers, and beers through ad fraud.

Joseph Cox Motherboard Aug 2019 10min Permalink