https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/nx-s1-5776799/ice-spyware-privacy
More reasons to only use Signal if not Molly on GrapheneOS.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using spyware tools that can intercept encrypted messages as part of the agency’s efforts to disrupt fentanyl traffickers, according to a letter sent last week by the agency’s acting director, Todd Lyons.
The letter is the first time ICE has indicated it is using Graphite. The agency initially signed a $2 million contract with Paragon Solutions for an unspecified software product at the end of the Biden administration. But the contract was swiftly paused until it was revived by the Trump administration last fall.
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.
If you use Whatshapp, enable this option in the privacy section.
What about signal and iMessage? Asking for my friends
If anyone is concerned about mercenary spyware they should either use an up to date iPhone in lockdown mode (bonus if it’s an iPhone 17 variant with MIE) or a Pixel with Graphene. Those are the only two known mitigations with real world data on their effectiveness.
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Signal, Molly, and any other E2EE messenger you can think of don’t protect you against an endpoint compromise. As @Qunatum said, the best mitigation in place right now for the average Joe is Lockdown Mode on Apple devices.
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