https://jvq.net/tags/ice/ Recent content in Ice on JVQ.net: Just Very Quick Hugo en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jvq.net/ice-is-using-phone-hacking-spyware-officially-confirmed/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jvq.net/ice-is-using-phone-hacking-spyware-officially-confirmed/ <p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed to Congress that it is using commercial spyware capable of intercepting encrypted messages on target devices. The agency&rsquo;s top official disclosed the program in a letter to lawmakers last week, framing it as a tool for fentanyl trafficking investigations.</p> <p>The confirmation matters because it ends years of official ambiguity about whether U.S. domestic law enforcement was deploying the same category of tools — powerful enough to extract data from encrypted apps — that were previously associated with foreign intelligence operations and authoritarian governments.</p>