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Doubtful. Part of being an undercover operative means deniability. Imagine if a foreign power arrested a suspected spy, and found non-standard software on their phone.

So they'd probably use off the shelf software and mitigate risks in other ways.

(Ex: not bringing smartphones to sensitive meetings)




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