Anom app developers were ordinary Android developers based in Asia.
They were told the backdoor they were coding was for corporate archiving purposes, common in financial institutions.
In reality, the app was sold to criminals, with the sellers also unaware of the FBI's involvement.
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In 2021, one of the largest global law enforcement operations took place. It was all thanks to an encrypted phone service known as Anom, which was secretly run by the FBI.
The program was a wild success. But did the agency take it too far?
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