Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons

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.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Make less people want to participate in their crimes makes it harder for them to do crimes.

    No, it just means the reasonable people will leave and it’ll attract the types who actually agree with it. There will always be more people to take those jobs.

    The real solution is changing the leadership and laws.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      That’s a much smaller pool of people than those who may willingly go along with it but object otherwise.

      Stop giving thugs a pass for being thugs, just because their bosses are shit. You can attack both, this isn’t some kind of mutually exclusive action.

        • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I’m not advocating for murder, I just look forward to the American Nuremberg trials and hope we get a modern day John C Woods.

          • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            2 days ago

            This is the original comment (not you):

            Only good Ice agent is a dead one.

            This is your reply:

            They volunteered for this, they can sleep in the pit for it in the end.

            That sounds to me like you’re happy if one of them gets killed. That’s not directly advocating for murder, but it’s pretty close IMO.

            The proper process is through a trial and a change in the law, and probably a change in leadership.

            My original point was that blaming the agents misses the point, if they’re unwilling to follow orders, people who are willing will be hired. The real problem is the orders and the people given them. Individual agents may have some culpability, but focusing on that won’t solve the problem.