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More than 215,000 Turks used ByLock smartphone app | |||
2017-01-23 | |||
An indictment was prepared for a total of 26 Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) employees, of whom 21 are currently arrested, who were detained over ByLock. The indictment, in which the prosecutor seeks up to 15 years in prison for the suspects, featured the most extensive numbers and analysis regarding ByLock usage. Prepared by the Terror and Organized Crime Bureau of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the indictment said the number of people registered as using ByLock is 215,092. The authorities have deciphered the passwords of some 184,298 users.
Some 60,473 users have received or sent messages at least once, while 78,165 people were determined to have used the voice call service. The number of people who used the application only for voice calls is 46,799. According to the indictment, the total number of content of emails is 3,158,388, of which 2,293,518 were deciphered.
In addition, the indictment said the users did not buy the phone lines by giving their own names, changed their phones frequently, and used programs like Skype, Tango, ByLock, Line, Karaotlak and Whatsapp for their encryption feature. Moreover, the indictment also stated that Gülen ordered the FETÖ members to use ByLock, saying those who do not would be betraying the movement. He also allegedly ordered the FETÖ members to delete ByLock from their phones after the July 2016 foiled coup, widely believed to have been masterminded by soldiers loyal to Gülen. | |||
Posted by:Steve White |