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Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps (www.theguardian.com)
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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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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

such statements sound completely devoid of empathy

Only enough empathy for 330M people?

You sound like a real grade-A asshole.

It’s as if any crime were only real for you all there if it were somehow directed against America.

Less directed at than directed by. America is the premier purveyor of war crimes, ever since the Europeans fell off their game.

The violence of the empire once more turning inward is notable in the US today in the same way it was notable in France at the start of their Long Nineteenth Century or Japan during the Meiji Restoration or Russia in the October Revolution.

What starts here infests the rest of the world.