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The host highlighted the title as a fascinating account of a smartphone created exclusively for criminal use that was actually part of a multi‑year FBI sting. They noted that the book covered the phone's development, its adoption by offenders, and the eventual takedown, and urged listeners to read it for the full story. The recommendation was enthusiastic, suggesting it offered far more detail than could be covered in the episode.
Episode: What's the best phone to do crimes on?
It was described as a book about AN0M, a smartphone designed exclusively for criminals that turned out to be a multi-year FBI project. The book details the story of the phone's creation, its use by criminals, and the subsequent takedown operation.
This is Joseph Cox. He just published a book called Dark Wire.
His very wonderful book about Anam is called Dark Wire. Go read it, there's a lot more story than we were able to get into here.