In regards to the bolded: it'll be hard to know since alot of the softwares and hardware companies aren't open source. And they tend to follow certain standards that aid governments in tracking down people who may try to use their products to harm society.
There could be way more hidden tech/features people are not aware of that are utilized by government agents to aid in criminal investigations. It's just better to use open-source stuff when doing nothing immoral that needs to be privacy protected
I do not get your message.There could be way more hidden tech/features people are not aware of that are utilized by government agents to aid in criminal investigations. It's just better to use open-source stuff when doing nothing immoral that needs to be privacy protected
How am I supposed to use Open Source stuff in my case. Why involve the immoral part. I only asked if there was proof of such thing.
There are some Open Source Smart phones out there. But they lack a lot of functionality and have big issues. Some of them like Librem 5 are not even released yet. Anyway. I do not know if their phone camera is Open Source too. I am curious if they have ever been caught stamping watermarks on photos or videos in some ways besides EXIF.