Subj : Telegram founder Pavel Durov?s phone might have been SPIED ON with
To   : Stas Mishchenkov
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Jul 22 2021 08:25:00

Hello Stas Mishchenkov!

** On Thursday 22.07.21 - 11:08, Stas Mishchenkov wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> Telegram founder Pavel Durov?s phone might have been
 AA>> SPIED ON with the help of the Pegasus Project

 SM> Do you seriously think that he has only one phone number
 SM> and it became famous?

Good point. Someone who takes the initiative to develop an  
alternative comms package would certainly be conscious of being  
tracked and spied on.


 SM> Even I have a number that no one knows. And, by the way,
 SM> it is not difficult at all to acquire a number that is in
 SM> no way connected with the owner's name. ;)

Yes.. a lot of that is probably going on too.  I see several  
cellphone companies offering "international" SIM cards. So, it  
wouldn't have to be restricted to the +7 country code that you  
mentioned.

I could probably pose as Joe Smo in the UK, sign up for a phone  
plan there, and have the card mailed to me in Canada.

If payment can be arranged via Bitcoin, then that would add  
another layer of obfuscation. But even a bitcoin payment would  
have a paper-trail to the source of funds.

And... there will be a paper trail left by using the postal  
system.

And... then, when using the card over the cell system, the user  
can be located anyway.

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  ../|ug

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