Letter: ICE officials confirm the agency is using Graphite spyware to intercept encrypted messages, saying it is primarily used to target fentanyl traffickers
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using spyware tools that can intercept encrypted messages as part of the agency's efforts …
“Graphite uses what is known as “zero click” technology so that it can gain access to encrypted messages on a targeted device even if the user never clicks on a link.” — Don't worry, though: Graphite will only be used to intercept the encrypted messages of fentanyl traffickers.
“An extremely invasive surveillance capability such as this should require the strongest judicial oversight and confirmation that such intrusion is necessary and [a] proportionate response to the crime being investigated,” EFF's @cooperq told @npr. — https://www.npr.org/...
So much for Biden's executive order prohibiting US Gov use of commercial spyware. This has terrible implications for all of us. — www.npr.org/2026/04/07/n...