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by acqq 3009 days ago
The part of the context (somebody can check the primary sources):

"Unfortunately, the app is also used by terror organizations around the world when giving orders about terror attacks. This is due to the fact that it's very difficult to decode and trace these messages. Rakhmat Akilov used it during the Stockholm attack the 7th of April 2017 when five people were killed and around 150 directly or indirectly hurt, physically or psychologically. Zello was also used by Salman Abedi who killed 22 people, among whom we find many children, during a concert with the artist Ariana Grande in Manchester the 22nd of May 2017. The utilisation of this app among terror groups is described in the book "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror" from 2015 written by the security experts Hassan Hassan and Michael Weiss."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zello

I've read the first time about

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Stockholm_attack

3 comments

Ironically Zello was also used by Russia for special operations in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine [1].

[1] random link from google: https://informnapalm.org/en/zello-terrorism-experience-russi...

Internet is also used by terror organizations around the world. Money is also used by terror organizations around the world.

Moreover, oxygen and water are also used by terror organizations around the world.

That's why we're working hard to poison the water and replace the oxygen with unbreathable CO2. It's hard work, but we're getting better at it every day. Soon, terrorism will be nothing but an archaeological curiosity for visiting extraterrestrials.
You may have noticed that it is increasingly difficult to use currency or transfer funds as a result of actions to control transfers. Try taking $10,000 out and using it.

Ditto on internet controls. Remember PRISM?

What's your point there? Do you think e2e encryption should be banned altogether because it may be hard to intercept?