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The non-profit that the FBI paid for the NITs is called the Innocent Lives Foundation (ILF)."We unmask anonymous child predators to help bring them to justice," the organization's website reads. "We use Open Source Intelligence Gathering (OSINT) methods to identify child predators. Once we have gathered the appropriate amount of information to confirm the identification of the predator, that file is then submitted to law enforcement," the website continues.Do you produce NITs for the government? Do you know someone who does? We'd love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on jfcox@jabber.ccc.de, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.
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