Many users are surely unaware of it, but the FBI used different Google Pixel 4a to turn it into Anom . The funny thing is that these terminals that have been used as a decoy, are mysteriously appearing for sale in different second-hand markets.
Therefore, any user who does not realize it, will be buying a smartphone that the FBI has used to hunt down criminals in different parts of the world. In addition, it can go unnoticed because when you start the mobile device it starts like any other, although it does show a detail that can attract attention. And, this phone, when turned on, will have a logo of an operating system called ArcaneOS .
The FBI’s Anom phone
The reality is that there is hardly any information publicly available about this ArcaneOS operating system. But, what can be assured is that if you have just bought a Pixel 4a and that logo appears, it means that you have an Anom phone in your hands. More than anything, because it is this detail that has helped several people who ended up with this type of terminal to realize that something was not quite right on their new smartphone.
It goes more unnoticed by many others because when unlocking the Google Pixel 4a some well-known applications will appear such as Tinder, Instagram, Facebook, Netflix and even Candy Crush. However, none of these apps can ever function, so tapping their icons will do nothing.
In addition, when resetting the phone thinking that it is the fault of the mobile and after entering another PIN, the terminal opens a completely different section within the device, in which we can see a new background and new applications that until that moment were not on the mobile . From that moment, instead of the applications that everyone knows, there will only be a clock, a calculator and the device settings.
The FBI app hidden in the calculator
Although, the most interesting thing of all is that when you click on the calculator, a calculator does not open as such, but it will show us a window so that we can log in. It will directly ask us to “Enter Anom ID” and a password. That is, in the calculator there is hidden a hidden messaging application called Anom, which was discovered just a month ago that it is the one used as a decoy by the FBI itself.
All criminals who had a mobile with these characteristics believed that they could communicate safely through this app , since they thought that the application encrypted their messages. But, they were wrong, as an international group of law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, was tasked with monitoring their messages.
Only last month, the FBI and the different security agencies in Europe and Australia already announced hundreds of arrests of millions of messages from users who had used Anom for several years. Even, up to 27 million messages were obtained on more than 11,800 devices that ran this curious messaging app in more than 100 countries.