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ICE just bought new tool to monitor hundreds of millions of smartphones. Experts say it’s dangerous (www.the-independent.com)
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[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Paragon’s “zero-click” Graphite program can quietly invade the mobile phone of its target and extract its contents, even from encrypted apps.

How? Screen scraping? That would involve installing malware on each phone.

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Looks like they use 0-day exploits to indeed install spyware on targets

Meta shared information with WhatsApp that led them to identify, mitigate, and attribute a Paragon zero-click exploit. On January 31, 2025, WhatsApp sent notifications to approximately 90 WhatsApp accounts they believed were targeted with Paragon’s spyware, including journalists and members of civil society.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol. It relies on WhatsApp.

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Weird that they would target one of the biggest mainstream chat apps in whole of Europe

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Oh. I have no doubt that a lot of people are vulnerable to the exploit, but I'm entertained by the fact that you can stop the exploit by simply removing a chat app.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Um... one problem for Mr. NSA:

I don't have friends. Zero groupchats. Don't even have any mainsteam comms apps. Not even a Lemmy client (I use browser lmao). How am I supposed to get the .pdf?

😁

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean if you're a genuine target they'll find a way.

(Also a nitpick, Paragon is originally an Israeli corporation, altho they do have an US division since 2021)