I was arrested for my first felony some time ago. I'm a senior in college and through means which I won't disclose because they are kinda specific, the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. This had nothing to do with darknet orders, it was a drug case, however.
The local PD seized my phone at a time when I just restored to a previous version and was about to jailbreak it, thus, I hadn't re-enabled my passcode before they got their hands on it. I was finally able to pick it up recently. I plan on resetting the phone to factory defaults.
My (likely paranoid) concern is that they may have opened a cellular wiretap (if they even have the capabilities) through a court order or something. I'm sure it would be sealed, so I doubt my lawyer would have access to it.
As long as a reset my phone to factory defaults, I'm probably good, right? It doesn't look like my phone has been taken apart and tampered with in any way.
I'll use encrypted messaging obviously, I'm just concerned about voice calls being monitored. Maybe you guys can help me out with suggestions/countermeasures. I'd appreciate it. I can't ever have a felony on my record and I've not ordered any drugs since the incident. I also moved and have a different address where I can't have stuff mailed to me anyway.
What can I do to protect myself besides what I've already mentioned? I doubt changing my number would make a difference but I would appreciate any advice or suggestions on countermeasures or detection of a transmitter of some sort (it's a long shot, I know)
I apologize in advance for the text wall.
EDIT: Thanks for the replies, keep them coming. I think I'll end up selling the phone, but am I correct in assuming that even though my case was dismissed (without prejudice I'm assuming) I could still have a case opened and possibly be electronically or physically surveilled? They probably think I'm a drug dealer but I'm not, I'm just a college student who uses recreationally. They demanded I go to treatment and I haven't so much as smoked a joint in 3 months, not that I buy into that NA/AA cult bullshit. Like another poster mentioned, I just wanted to lower my profile and certain substances (looking at you, benzos) impair judgment even at low doses. I'm trying to be careful. I'm severely depressed, however, I'm doing well at school but low doses of drugs (benzos, opiates/opioids) were the only things that helped me after trying literally dozens of antidepressants. I'm not on one now and feel a little better, but not much.
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