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).
Which is why I run GrapheneOS.
can’t have a secure OS if the device itself isn’t secure
These are reasonable demands https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices
That’s only one half, the person you’re talking to might not be running a secure device
If you’re an org who’s serious you will of course control the hardware platform, too.
I’m glad you said this because I was thinking, “Wait a second, isn’t Graphite that OS that runs on Pixels? Is nothing sacred?” But no. That’s Graphene, an important distinction. Cynical subroutine aborted.
Nothing to see here. Beep boop.
Oh good lord, I thought Graphebe was actually what they were TALKING about for a minute, I was EXTREMELY taken aback.