In this case, the devices were concentrated within 35 miles of the U.N. building. The investigation is ongoing, but McCool said forensic analysis currently believe the system could have been used to send encrypted messages to organized crime groups, cartels and terrorist organizations.
Whenever this excuse is used to crackdown on some communication technology, I instantly know it's a tech that will either make communications cheaper or free and/or more secure and out of the reach of goobermints and corporations to monitor. "We must protect people from the criminals and terrorists!" Always the excuse to further curtail freedom. Playing on fear is the ultimate justification for the police state.
How 'SIM farms' like the one found near the UN could collapse telecom networks
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-sim-farms-like-the-one-found-near-the-un-could-collapse-telecom-networks
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