Да там прям всё серьёзно было, причём после того как ФБР прибухнуло и с похмела решили запилить мессенжер (https://earlynews24.com/2021/06/09/...ges-was-born-over-a-number-of-beers-with-fbi/)

"The app AN0M was installed on mobile phones that were stripped of other capability. The mobile phones, which were bought on the black market, could not make calls or send emails. It could only send messages to another device that had the organised crime app. Criminals needed to know a criminal to get a device. The devices organically circulated and grew in popularity among criminals, who were confident of the legitimacy of the app because high-profile organised crime figures vouched for its integrity."