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US Immigration Agency contract with spyware company poses risk to rights. (text.hrw.org)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[โ€“] timewarp 4 points 3 months ago

So the government decided to abuse the most vulnerable people. Welcome to America!

[โ€“] paridoxical 1 points 3 months ago

2 million is a very small contract in this context. More than likely this is for a targeted operation, like accessing the phones of known drug or human traffickers. They should absolutely disclose the nature of the contract to the public, but I have a hard time believing this is for some sort of mass surveillance or violation of privacy. The cost for that would be significantly higher from what I know.