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

May 21, 2026

“Maria Villegas Bravo from the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center told NPR it was unclear to her based on Lyons’ letter whether HSI agents using spyware are getting a warrant and proving probable cause first.”

“‘They should be — they’re legally required to because you have a Fourth Amendment protection in the content stored on your phone,’ Villegas Bravo said. ‘But we have no insight into what’s going on.'”

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