SCOOP: ICE's Homeland Security Investigation signed a $3 million contract with Magnet Forensics, which makes phone hacking tech for law enforcement agencies that is "essential to mission of protecting national security & public." Magnet Forensics makes the phone unlocking system Graykey. We also found other recent contracts for the same technology for HSI in Charlotte and Detroit.

TechCrunch

ICE unit signs new $3M contract for phone-hacking tech | TechCrunch

Homeland Security Investigations, the law enforcement arm of ICE, adds phone-unlocking tech made by Magnet Forensics to its arsenal of technology u...

Everyone has their own threat models, so I don't want to make broad, sweeping recommendations here, but if you use Protonmail to talk to sources, you should read this story. The way Protonmail handled this whole thing is quite bad. No transparency, dismissing the story as being "blown out of proportion."

The Intercept

Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency

The journalists were reporting on suspected North Korean hackers. Proton only reinstated their accounts after a public outcry.