| Good evening, everyone,
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| and welcome again
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| to channel 23 KSEC news.
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| I’m Skip Turner.
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| A local hacker,
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| fed up with the current state of the internet,
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| has released a multi-platform application
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| to create a sizable encrypted mesh network
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| using all types of electronic devices.
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| Upon running the application,
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| mobile phones, tablets, routers,
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| laptops, televisions,
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| and even some household smart appliances
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| like toasters and refrigerators
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| are turned into peer-to-peer nodes for the network,
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| wirelessly broadcasting and receiving data
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| from any other connected gadgets within range.
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| The developer, known only as Neals,
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| began distributing the application
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| along with its source code
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| to San Secuestro locals yesterday.
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| According to the available network statistics,
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| the app has been installed on at least
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| a quarter million devices already
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| Government officials have commented
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| that this type of privacy application violates federal law
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| by subverting the current ban
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| on unlicensed encrypted traffic
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| «This application is clearly designed
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| to make our job of protecting the people
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| of this great nation more difficult,
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| possibly subjecting
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| our precious children
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| to everything from
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| anonymous cyberbullying
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| to heinous acts of terrorism.
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| Circumvention of these laws
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| is itself an act of terrorism,
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| and we will prosecute
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| whoever is responsible for designing and distributing this application
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| to the fullest extent of the law.»
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| Anyone with information regarding this case
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| is advised to contact their local
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| Federal Bureau of Telecommunications field office. |