How and Why Modern Criminals Still Use Obsolete Technologyby@nebojsaneshatodorovic
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How and Why Modern Criminals Still Use Obsolete Technology

by Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic3mNovember 26th, 2021
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Phone "burners" are the victims of "mobilecide" in Breaking Bad. Bad boys in the UK "are going crazy" for the good old Nokia models. Drug dealers use the Nokia phones because of their long battery life and fears over police surveillance. "Email drafting" has been working like a charm for bad guys for almost twenty years, but former CIA director David Petraeus famously used drafts to communicate with a woman he was having an affair with.

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