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The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested 746 career criminals after intercepting millions of encrypted text messages. The messages were sent through a subscription-based phone system called EncroChat which costs roughly $1,994 per month. For that price, the criminals received a customized Android smartphone which had its GPS, camera and microphone functionality physically removed.  […]