A new report by intelligence firm Recorded Future examined Al-Qaeda’s changes in encryption in response to the Snowden leaks, noting “an increased pace of innovation, specifically new competing jihadist platforms and three major new encryption tools from three different organizations – GIMF, Al-Fajr Technical Committee, and ISIS – within a three to five-month time frame of the leaks.”
The report noted that Al-Fajr and GIMF have both released new Android apps since the public exposure of the widespread nature of American spying, with the apps being advertised as using the “latest technological advancements” in order to evade detection.
