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EFF Statement on ICE Use of Paragon Solutions Malware (www.eff.org)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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It was recently reported by Jack Poulson on Substack that ICE has reactivated its 2 million dollar contract with Paragon Solutions, a cyber-mercenary and spyware manufacturer.

The reactivation of the contract between the Department of Homeland Security and Paragon Solutions, a known spyware vendor, is extremely troubling.

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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

the year of the linux mobile has come!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    That will be even more susceptible to malware because Linux is easier to hack than iOS or Android. Linux has a weak threat model against malicious software.

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  • [+] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    That would be the real "wildcard" out of nowhere mobile OS, and would be amazing. For some reason I thought of it like a pro-wrestling "pop" where Android betrayed their long-time friend Linux mobile while fighting iOS. Just to then have "WAIT what's happening?!?" then OpenBSD mobile's music hits and runs down with a steel chair, and the fans lose their minds! lol

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I agree that with linux, once you're in, you're in. there is virtualization but that's annoying and slow, or ig you could not use internet(pretty much impossible) or very strict firewall rules, and then use some kind of proxy but that would not be a problem if it were hacked, and would resend the data but maybe fromna reader mode, which you could display with a minimalist browser.

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    • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    i think i'm going to switch back to a dumb phone.

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Without strong legal guardrails, there is a risk that the malware will be misused in a similar manner by the U.S. Government.

    There are already strong legal guardrails, it's literally the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution.

    Of course, we all know what these losers really think of the Constitution.

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