Dutch and French police on Tuesday shut down a major encryption service used by criminal gangs, saying it even outrivalled illegal communication tools previously cracked by law enforcement, the EU's judicial agency said.

Dutch and French police on Tuesday shut down a major encryption service used by criminal gangs, saying it even outrivalled illegal communication tools previously cracked by law enforcement, the EU’s judicial agency said.

“Made for criminals by criminals”, police have been able to read messages sent on the MATRIX chat service for the last three months, Eurojust said in a statement.

    • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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      19 days ago

      Chat apps are easy to out together, heck, with a quick google you’ll find a tonne you can just deploy for yourself. If you’ve got bad intentions, you’d be stupid not to.

      And with big tech watching along, it only becomes more interesting to make your own. Meanwhile some governments are trying to push trough legislation to scan all your private messages on popular apps like telegram and WhatsApp.