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US immigration agents will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump administration to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications.

The Department of Homeland Security first entered into a contract with Paragon, now owned by a US firm, in late 2024, under the Biden administration. But the $2m contract was put on hold pending a compliance review to make sure it adhered to an executive order that restricts the US government’s use of spyware, Wired reported at the time.

That pause has now been lifted, according to public procurement documents, which list US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) as the contracting agency.

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[–] KIKILOVE@piefed.social 152 points 1 month ago (30 children)

Well well well. Isn't it the real reason the west supports the genocide. By sending money there you can do "research" without having to worry about pesky stuff like privacy or human rights

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Gaza is the future for America.

[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 34 points 1 month ago

Exactly. It's the canary in the coalmine.

[–] KIKILOVE@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I sure hope nobody's carpet bombed.

Like never again

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[–] FalseTautology@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If only Kojima was still making metal gear games

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[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

As if anybody in the Silicon Valley worried about privacy and human rights.

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 63 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I already know the answer to this, but I'm going to ask if anyway.

How did we go from the most paranoid group of people choosing death over vaccinations bc of government surveillance conspiracies, literally storming the capital in an uprising over false rumors, and now that we have multiple confirmations of the most insane and ongoing 1984 government surveillance programs: fucking crickets?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 month ago

Because the people spreading the first conspiracy are also the people doing the second.

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

Who think that these methods and policies will never be targeted at them because they are white and so were their grandparents.

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 weeks ago

It’s always projection. They always assume the other side is doing what they do or plan to do. They tell on themselves years in advance.

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Found an article that says this software is usually in-memory only and restarting regularly will purge it (obviously you could get reinfected): ~~https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-meta-secretly-scanning-your-phones-camera-roll-check-this-setting-to-find-out/~~

Edit: wrong article, someone replied with the correct one

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After I didn't see the mentioned content I looked around Zdnet, and I think you might have meant to link this article instead:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/rebooting-your-phone-daily-is-your-best-defense-against-zero-click-attacks-heres-why/

Bad click, it happens. Good article, though. Thanks!

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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Every early morning. Mine is right before my alarm goes off, so the notification sounds just meld.

Also, no one should be using biometric data to log into thier phones. 6 digit pin isn't very obtrusive once you get used to it

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (35 children)

6 digit pin will be broken in less than 40 minutes by a graybox. A 6-digit pin is way more vulnerable than someone who uses a 30-digit password + biometrics

edit: sorry it’s instantly in 2025 https://www.hivesystems.com/blog/are-your-passwords-in-the-green

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 month ago (21 children)

Only good Ice agent is a dead one.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 30 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

We’re not getting out of this without rivers of blood. Sorry just being realistic

[–] humanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.su 7 points 4 weeks ago

Yes. The leaders and their families will have their heads on pikes.

Just being realistic, their families expect ours to serve them.

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 26 points 1 month ago

Nothing says "we're the good guys" like being allied with genociders and hacking people's phones! /s

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (15 children)

For the Democrats/liberals who think they're leftist in the room, note that this done by Biden, how it was put on hold for review so that news spread and pacifies the anger, and how it came back stronger when you forgot about it. And now Democrats will shrug and say "Trump is in charge, we're powerles."

Democrats are not your friends, they are not a lesser evil, we need a revolution.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 month ago

Based on what has already happened, I'd definitely say Dems are the lesser evil. That's literally what this means in this context. Still evil, just not as much as Donald dump.

[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not defending democrats here, but it says it was halted pending reviews. I would say at least the democrats have some sense of following rules, while under the Trump administration, these were immediately lifted.

Make of it what you will, but it’s pretty clear that following the laws/rules is a thing of the past in the US of A.

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[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

A revolution against the democrats who aren't in power.

Bold.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They are acting like controlled opposition, it's as obvious as your face in a mirror.

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 20 points 1 month ago

Fuck Israel. They have been a force for evil from day 1.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't find shit about how well this works on Graphene because of their stupid names.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I don't know about this attack, but Cellebrite's support table gets leaked pretty regularly: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/updated-cellebrite-google-pixel-matrix-leak-february-2025/25911

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[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Americans benefited from Nazi technology after World War II as well.

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Fascists gonna fasc. They will continue to fasc until somebody decides they've had enough.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

Can I get a pirated copy so I can finally root my motorola moto z3 running android 9 then ?
Anyone got the torrent ?

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

It's as if we lived in a very silent storm. (Thinking of that moment with Putin and Xi caught discussing how today one can live till 150 ; I don't think Trump will last that much, but someone else from their crowd - easily.)

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