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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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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank god! Israel is our greatest ally.

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[–] KIKILOVE@piefed.social 152 points 1 week 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 week ago (9 children)

Gaza is the future for America.

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

Exactly. It's the canary in the coalmine.

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

I sure hope nobody's carpet bombed.

Like never again

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

I mean, USA would probably have a better society were it carpet-bombed and then rebuilt. Or at least were it to experience a big war on its territory. Like, despite their flaws, many of the EU countries, and many others. Many of your problems are from misunderstanding dignity and strength ; war teaches you to respect the weak and to understand that it's a sacrifice to be strong. Unfortunately that means a lot of murder, and to do a lot of murder, you pay with ever more murder. So I don't want for that to happen, but at the same time I'm not sure if there's even any other way to teach these things.

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

If only Kojima was still making metal gear games

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 week 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 week 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 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 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

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (18 children)

Sure bro, put a 30 character password into your phone every time you want to find the nearest fucking coffee shop.

edit: I guess I should explain. I'm into privacy not necessarily absolute security. If a cop wants in my phone I forgot my PIN. There's no biometric to get into it so he's going to have to get a warrant if he wants anything to actually stick. With face ID he just holds it up to my face. With fingerprint he can force my finger onto the sensor. In the USA, don't know about Europe.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just needed this info out there, I don’t really care what you do - I just need to make sure Lemmy stays safe and you’re spouting leaky insecurity disguised as best practices.

Best of luck

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

I think I just leaked a little right now. I don't believe you have a 30 character unlock on your phone. That doesn't make sense on a device someone uses multiple times a day in one hand at like a bus stop or something.

And I'm no security professional, just some dumbass out in the street.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

No releases since January? Malware moves fast

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 week ago (21 children)

Only good Ice agent is a dead one.

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[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week 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.

[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 week 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 week ago (3 children)

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

Bold.

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

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

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 week 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 week 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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