They found more pipe bombs in a bedroom inside Mr. Spafford’s house, loosely stuffed in a backpack that bore a patch shaped like a hand grenade and a logo reading “#NoLivesMatter,” prosecutors said.

No Lives Matter is a nihilistic, far-right ideology that largely exists on encrypted online messaging apps like Telegram

  • Captain Howdy
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    115 days ago

    Actually the FBI has been recommending people use more secure communications lately due to Chinese spying through SMS network infrastructure.

    • @[email protected]
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      55 days ago

      That was knee-jerk because we can’t do shit about the espionage. As we go down the slippery slope of authoritarianism, their ability to see everything we say will become paramount to them.

    • Cethin
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      35 days ago

      Although they recommend WhatsApp, which is owned and controlled by Meta. I’d be surprised if they don’t have access to that.