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Granted I’m hazy on the details of the story, but I did not recall a service fee. Just a few hundred dollars premium Android phone geared towards secure privacy. Sure, there was a nudge and a wink towards crime, but I could easily see it appealing to a civil protestor, journalist, or philanderer.

[pyuser583]

It was only available from a salesman, you couldn't order it via a website. The salesmen knew their clients, and knew they were criminals.

The sales chain was what made the operation so effective. The only people who had the phones were the ones the FBI wanted with the phones.