The Mexican cartels captured and paid engineers to build them there own private cell network[0], so it isn&#x27;t out of the realm of possibility that ISIS is doing something similar.<p>I am sure they have at least a few engineers kicking around what amounts to be an entire country. I haven&#x27;t heard many people harping on about encryption, TBH, except people defending it here and that idotic NYT article.<p>However, if you had 10 amazing engineers you would likely have strike capabilities orders of magnitude higher than a few suicide bombers. So sure, gather surveillance, but let&#x27;s play some defense. Shore up our infrastructure much better than we do now, because after they make their own apps and networks, they are going to come for ours potentially.<p>[0]<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;11&#x2F;zeta-radio&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;11&#x2F;zeta-radio&#x2F;</a>