cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/63197390
found this on some telegram channel:
In February 2026, an employee of Paragon Solutions published a photograph on her LinkedIn profile depicting the operation of the Graphite spyware. The post has currently been deleted.
Reut Yamen holds the position of Chief Legal Counsel and Director of Compliance at the Israeli company Paragon Solutions, which specializes in cyber-surveillance technologies. The company was founded in 2019 by a group of former employees of Israeli intelligence services — among them Ehud Schneorson, former commander of Unit 8200 (Israel's equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency), as well as former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
The post was first noticed by technology researcher Yurre van Bergen, who tracks the use and proliferation of spyware worldwide.
The image apparently shows a demonstration interface of the Graphite system. An operator can view messages intercepted from a surveillance target in various services, including WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Line, and TikTok.
According to the results of a large-scale investigation conducted by The Citizen Lab in 2025, in 2024 in Italy, dozens of journalists and private individuals were attacked via the WhatsApp messenger using Graphite. A "zero-click" exploit (one that does not require user interaction) was used for this purpose.
Paragon Solutions has (or previously had) contracts with U.S. government agencies, in particular the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Ever since I've got smart hubs all over my house I kinda figured I should just find a way to stop trying/caring. Now me and my friends will purposely shout all sorts of shady/dubious things around the room to have Google send it over somewhere lol.
I do sometimes wonder how horrifying I must often look on my phone selfie cam if someone would secretly watch it's feed. Like on the bathroom e.g.
We should one day just ban the existence of this stuff as a world collective, you'd think people worldwide would hit a limit with this shit. I'm not feeling all that free as I once did. But no ofc, next thing we'll get implants made by big tech.