![]() 'It’s the same as doing an armed robbery with with an invisible gun.' 'Put your feet into the shoes of criminals and you wold be stupid not to use it. 'The minute it becomes available the first people who are going to take advantage of it if it works for them are organised crime networks,' Dr Kennedy said. This text message featured in a recent drug trial with Wickr encrypted messaging police would not recover an SMS like this one from a drug dealer or buyer's mobile telephoneĭr Michael Kennedy, head of the University of Western Sydney’s Bachelor of Policing program and a former drug squad cop, said criminals always took advantage of technological advances such as Wickr. 'No one else can retrieve your data, including Wickr.' ![]() 'You're always in control of who has access to your messages and how long,' it says. Wickr, which does not promote drug dealing, boasts about the security of the app on the company's website. Using Wickr, no trace of those messages will be left. A handler then forwards an address to a driver who communicates with the buyer before they reach the agreed meeting point. In a typical operation, a customer uses the app to message a syndicate with their order. Using Wickr was already widespread among dealers posting advertisements for drugs with online classified sites but it is now popular to conduct street level deals. 'Most people I talk to have either used it or know about it.' 'It's very well known,' she told Daily Mail Australia. One Sydney cocaine customer who has for years bought her drugs via simple text messages or phone calls says she is increasingly finding dealers want to use Wickr. The technology, which is legal, also wipes messages from Wickr's servers, leaving few clues for law enforcement agencies gathering evidence. Cocaine dealing is big business in Australia's capital cities pictured are hundred dollar notes seized by Strike Force Northrop in an operation targeting drug supply in metropolitan Sydney
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