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Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption

Vancouver’s Sky ECC promised confidentiality to customers with its encrypted cellphones, which were a hit with criminals but also the target of an international police sting. The investigation that brought thousands of criminals, and Sky, down.
Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption
Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption (The Fifth Estate)

Vancouver's Sky ECC promised confidentiality to customers with its encrypted cellphones, which were a hit with criminals but also the target of an international police sting. The investigation that brought thousands of criminals, and Sky, down. 

Watch the episode on CBC-TV at 9 p.m. Friday or stream it on YouTube and CBC Gem.