Well unless they factory reset the phones, which they obviously did not, android keeps usage stats on app so it would be obvious if the apps were used or not.
But you are right, it could just be someone overstating something where apps have the ability to be encrypted, not that they were used that way.
Still all these people were already known to their secret services. Some even had phone taps already. It was yet another intelligence failure like we saw on 9/11
But you are right, it could just be someone overstating something where apps have the ability to be encrypted, not that they were used that way.
Still all these people were already known to their secret services. Some even had phone taps already. It was yet another intelligence failure like we saw on 9/11