Joseph Cox

Like, I've heard from the agents and they say they're looking forward to whatever the next version of the Anom operation is. And for...

Like, I've heard from the agents and they say they're looking forward to whatever the next version of the Anom operation is. And for...

Like, I've heard from the agents and they say they're looking forward to whatever the next version of the Anom operation is. And for...

I mean, I would probably use a Graphene OS phone, which is a custom security-focused fork of Android, but is not one of these like shady companies you go buy it from. It's like an open source project that's made by security researchers and that sort of thing. And you download it and you install it for your web browser. I've done it. It's really cool. It takes 30 seconds or a couple of minutes.

I mean, I would probably use a Graphene OS phone, which is a custom security-focused fork of Android, but is not one of these like shady companies you go buy it from. It's like an open source project that's made by security researchers and that sort of thing. And you download it and you install it for your web browser. I've done it. It's really cool. It takes 30 seconds or a couple of minutes.

I mean, I would probably use a Graphene OS phone, which is a custom security-focused fork of Android, but is not one of these like shady companies you go buy it from. It's like an open source project that's made by security researchers and that sort of thing. And you download it and you install it for your web browser. I've done it. It's really cool. It takes 30 seconds or a couple of minutes.

I would do that. I would then use an app like Signal. And of course, I'm not actually giving advice to criminals. I'm doing this because if I was just an ordinary user looking for the most secure phone solution, it would also probably be something like that.

I would do that. I would then use an app like Signal. And of course, I'm not actually giving advice to criminals. I'm doing this because if I was just an ordinary user looking for the most secure phone solution, it would also probably be something like that.

I would do that. I would then use an app like Signal. And of course, I'm not actually giving advice to criminals. I'm doing this because if I was just an ordinary user looking for the most secure phone solution, it would also probably be something like that.

My name is Joseph Cox. I'm the author of Dark Wire, and I'm also a co-founder and journalist at 404 Media. Yeah, what's 404 doing? So 404 is a group of four of us, myself, Jason Kepler, Emmanuel Mayberg, and Samantha Cole. And we are all former staff members at Vice's motherboard, the technology site.

My name is Joseph Cox. I'm the author of Dark Wire, and I'm also a co-founder and journalist at 404 Media. Yeah, what's 404 doing? So 404 is a group of four of us, myself, Jason Kepler, Emmanuel Mayberg, and Samantha Cole. And we are all former staff members at Vice's motherboard, the technology site.

Unfortunately, Vice made some very poor managerial decisions from the executives, and that company is now bankrupt. But we left to...

Unfortunately, Vice made some very poor managerial decisions from the executives, and that company is now bankrupt. But we left to...

make our own company where well we we want to continue doing tech investigations we want to continue telling stories and how about we do it in a way where we own the company you know so we can not only make journalistic decisions and editorial ones but we can make business ones as well in the hope that we can just keep on doing what we love doing which is unearthing stories verifying information and publishing stuff that's in the public interest

make our own company where well we we want to continue doing tech investigations we want to continue telling stories and how about we do it in a way where we own the company you know so we can not only make journalistic decisions and editorial ones but we can make business ones as well in the hope that we can just keep on doing what we love doing which is unearthing stories verifying information and publishing stuff that's in the public interest

Yeah, of course. I mean, I have been working on this book for three, maybe four years at this point, speaking to essentially every sort of person involved. That's law enforcement. That's also a lot of very dangerous people. But I don't think I've ever been more obsessed with a story. I mean, I'm sure of that. I've never been more obsessed with a story than this one.

Yeah, of course. I mean, I have been working on this book for three, maybe four years at this point, speaking to essentially every sort of person involved. That's law enforcement. That's also a lot of very dangerous people. But I don't think I've ever been more obsessed with a story. I mean, I'm sure of that. I've never been more obsessed with a story than this one.

That's been my life for years at this point.

That's been my life for years at this point.

Yes. For years, I used an iPod Touch as a secure device, and now I've moved on to an iPad Mini because the iPod's no longer supported, unfortunately.