Can an ethical spyware maker justify providing its tech to ICE? | TechCrunch

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  • Paragon signed a $2 million contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in September 2024.
  • The contract is under review, and Paragon has so far not supplied ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations with its spyware tools.
  • Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has authorized ICE to carry out large-scale immigration raids.
  • Paragon would not say what it plans to do if the contract passes review, or clarify what will happen with its relationship with ICE if it goes forward.
Paragon, an Israeli spyware company that claims to operate as an ethical surveillance vendor, faced scrutiny when earlier this year Italy was caught using Paragons tools to spy on the phones of tw [+4532 chars]

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