What we know about how the U.S. government uses spyware (and what we don't)

Privacy and civil rights advocates are worried the Trump administration could be persuaded to also lift restrictions placed on NSO Group, an Israeli company that makes the powerful spyware Pegasus that researchers say can turn a phone into a recording device in addition to accessing its contents. Menahem Kahana/AFP via hide caption toggle caption Menahem Kahana/AFP via Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement acknowledged for the first time the agency's growing arsenal of surveillance …