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Gestapo. They’re going to start kidnapping and killing whoever they feel like soon
Paragon’s “zero-click” Graphite program can quietly invade the mobile phone of its target and extract its contents, even from encrypted apps.
How? Screen scraping? That would involve installing malware on each phone.
Non-expert opinion: it's dangerous.
I wonder if theres a way for us to watch the watchers.
I wonder if Anonymous can dox ice agents.
You know the saddest part of this? ICE paid for that. If I made something that blocked that tool from working or even just made a knockoff that does the same thing, they would just seize it.
So that company has more rights and protections than actual humans do.
And that’s considered okay.
Citizens United strikes again.
They were already dangerous when Trump told them to stand back and standby. They became significantly more dangerous when he deputized them and instructed them to wear masks and avoid being identified while they rounded up opposition. They became even more dangerous when Doge gave them access to everything the government knows about citizens to improve the effectiveness of their harassment and intimidation. They need became more dangerous when they arrested blue-state politicians for asking questions and nothing came of it. And yeah... the better their tools get, the more dangerous they become.
But simplifying this to "experts say it's dangerous" under sells reality so badly.
And it’ll never ever be used against law-abiding, tax-paying, god-fearing, naturalized citizens ever—hand over heart, fingers crossed.
It shouldnt even be used on people who arent any of that.
2 microseconds later...
Nano
I hope there’s some technological way we can use to foil these attempts to violate citizens’ privacy en masse.
Reticulum is gaining momentum. I’m planning on investigating how viable a shift off cellular would actually be for my uses and it actually looks pretty doable.
What area do you live in that reticulum has enough coverage to remove the dependency on cell service
It's called GrapheneOS
I’m aware of GrapheneOS, but I don’t know how their tracking works, so I also don’t know if GrapheneOS can offer enough protection.
Its honestly going to get to the point where to rid yourself from The Eye of Sauron you'll have to make the data centers defunct.
Remember: ICE are not people.
Does Nokia still make a solid feature phone?
My biggest use case for a smartphone is MFA for work, so if I can convince them to give me a yubikey instead, I'd be interested.
Good thing if you don't do crime, you have nothing to hide!
And what is completely normal and legal today can be criminal tomorrow, so no need to worry for all kinds of companies and instututions hovering up everybody's private data.
Yeah that's why I keep a ring camera in my bathroom. Got to make sure that corporate knows I am doing nothing wrong!
It's messed up when some random spyware Chinese camera is safer to use than anything made in the US.
Yeah it's great how the law is complex enough to criminalize any aspect of your life that is needed for persecution!!
Criminal prosecution has always mostly been used for pleb control.
That's why rich pedos never go to prison.
We should all get the same protection they do.
