A new report shows which technology tools are being used by jihadists when they plot attacks against the West.
The free, mobile chatting service Telegram -- which is anonymous and encrypted -- is used by 34% of jihadists whose communications were the subject of a study by cybersecurity firm Trend Micro (TMICF).Researchers monitored terrorist Internet forums and cataloged the listed contact information on 2,301 user accounts.
This study confirms previous research that ISIS uses Telegram to exchange secret messages. Telegram was started by a Russian tech entrepreneur who champions privacy and freedom.
Other free chatting apps popular with jihadists are Signal, Facebook's WhatsApp, and Wickr. Each is used by roughly 15% of jihadists. In their report, researchers said WhatsApp actually dropped in popularity after reports that investigators managed to make 16 arrests in anti-terror raids by spying on WhatsApp.
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Gmail is the standard email service used by 34% of jihadists, according to Trend Micro. This shows terrorists have simply gravitated toward the most popular email service in the world, which now has 1 billion users
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