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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracted with a spyware company that tells customers it ensures they can use the tool without the agency being caught doing so, according to documents obtained by 404 Media through our ongoing lawsuit against ICE.

In September, we sued ICE for documents related to its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware for remotely hacking phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps. In response to the lawsuit we’ve now been given the first batch of documents by ICE, but have many more to go. The vast majority of the documents it has provided so far are heavily redacted, and it is still withholding information in the public interest that would more fully explain why the agency wanted to buy such a potent and controversial surveillance tool.

“404 Media has asked ICE to disclose agency records relating to its contract with a company known for its powerful spyware tool whose potential use in the agency’s ongoing mass-deportation campaign has prompted lawmakers, civil liberties organizations, and immigration groups to express deep concerns over potential civil rights abuses,” our original complaint said. Paragon makes a spyware system called Graphite that is capable of remotely hacking mobile phones and obtaining messages from apps such as Signal, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger.

As someone who used to like the game and the lore, I was waiting for a while for the (official) FNAF movie.
When it released in 2023, I thought I'd buy it on a DVD because I like physical media (and AACS sounds like crap to deal with).
But it wasn't yet released.

So I found it on Himovies (which is now dead), and decided to watch it later. "Maybe tomorrow."
Eventually it got released, but the price was too high, so I figured it would go down, eventually.
At some point I closed the Himovies tab. Out of tab bar, out of mind.

Now I remembered it when watching a trailer for different movie. Oh damn, let me check the DVD.
Sure thing, I could grab a used one now for a third of the original price.

Let's... go?
Wait, FNAF 1&2 DVD set? There's a second one?

But it's past 3AM now, so, maybe later?

It’s my signature joke.

They haven't caught me yet, but the thyme is cumin.

This is what the refrance

...and this is what the other refrance (no https, sorry)

Delegates to the Minnesota Republican Party’s convention voted to hold a moment of silent prayer for Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/politicalmemes/p/2094549/tardigrade

This one is getting tickled by the interaction of the electron microscope and can't stop giggling.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/41837280

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47464853

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/40208034

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/safe

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The only annoying part is how the Ai keeps complimenting your blackmail skills instead of ruining the world.

Bonus panel

Workers across the province are either on strike, preparing to strike or escalating co-ordinated bargaining campaigns.

The defense secretary’s decision to block the officers’ promotions appears driven by his anti-woke stance rather than based on merit.

To be clear "woke" in this case means "able to compete on equal footing with white men"

The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.