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ICE heavily redacts spyware contract documents in lawsuit response

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has heavily redacted documents related to its $2 million contract with spyware company Paragon, which 404 Media is suing to obtain. Paragon's spyware, called Graphite, can remotely hack phones and access encrypted messages. ICE has provided only a fraction of the requested documents, with significant portions blacked out, hindering transparency into the agency's acquisition of this surveillance technology. AI

IMPACT Lack of transparency in government acquisition of surveillance tools could impact the responsible deployment of AI-powered monitoring technologies.

RANK_REASON This is a news report about a company's legal action to obtain government documents related to a surveillance technology contract, not a core AI release or research.

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ICE heavily redacts spyware contract documents in lawsuit response

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  1. 404 Media TIER_1 English(EN) · Joseph Cox ·

    We Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything

    Paragon's software is capable of remotely breaking into phones and accessing messages from encrypted messaging apps. Our lawsuit aims to pry records about it from ICE.