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Why do criminals use their own encrypted messaging platforms, instead of using any of the recommended apps? (www.europol.europa.eu)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Does that mean that other apps like signal for example have back doors?

Do criminals have a knowledge of exploits in the recommended messaging apps?

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[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've heard of criminals using MMORPG DM's to communicate back in the day, not sure what happened to those guys.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Another way to stay under the radar. IIRC there was a case where information was passed on an image board by means of using random-looking filenames that actually encoded messages.