But then, if they'd used a CB radio, there'd have been no records on the device at all. You can go both lower and higher tech to avoid leaving a trail.
The fundamental issue our society faces is that the world people thought existed, pre-Snowden, wasn't all that bad. There are controls, a system of laws and warrants, judges have to approve requests for data, and companies hand it out only in cases where it's really justified. Terrorist used WhatsApp to send a message to his buddy before blowing up a football stadium? It is - literally - warranted.
Post Snowden we know that world didn't really exist, it was more a sort of theatre governments put on when they didn't care much about the outcome. So now the data is disappearing so nobody has it. It's not obvious that this is an improvement over restoring the world that was previously thought to exist, but that was apparently too unstable to survive.
But then, if they'd used a CB radio, there'd have been no records on the device at all. You can go both lower and higher tech to avoid leaving a trail.
The fundamental issue our society faces is that the world people thought existed, pre-Snowden, wasn't all that bad. There are controls, a system of laws and warrants, judges have to approve requests for data, and companies hand it out only in cases where it's really justified. Terrorist used WhatsApp to send a message to his buddy before blowing up a football stadium? It is - literally - warranted.
Post Snowden we know that world didn't really exist, it was more a sort of theatre governments put on when they didn't care much about the outcome. So now the data is disappearing so nobody has it. It's not obvious that this is an improvement over restoring the world that was previously thought to exist, but that was apparently too unstable to survive.