I was specifically referring to this case. To hack a phone or account is generally an illegal activity. The government seems not even interested in piercing the

I was specifically referring to this case. To hack a phone or account is generally an illegal activity. The government seems not even interested in piercing the veil on this type of activity which is the issue I’m bringing up. I’m not entirely sure why you’re mentioning stingrays and IANAL but what you describe sounds illegal under 18 U.S. Code § 2511[1]. But again for some reason a corporation is making these devices and selling them (also illegal under §2512[2]). I presume they are selling to law enforcement and pseudo law enforcement for use where a wiretap is not obtained (otherwise they can just lean on the carrier who is legally obliged) which would seem illegal under ECPA [3] even with its problems. There’s a whole section of EU law that covers man in the middle, hacking, data protection, etc. that would also make this specific case cut and dry. A government agency crying that Facebook notified an account holder their account was hacked by their corporate contractor seems beyond the pale. Further that news agencies publish this story with a slant that Facebook or Apple have somehow enabled terrorists is shameful. We should be holding our governments accountable to follow the law and obtain warrants. In the US all the corporate support they need is built into laws like CALEA and USA PATRIOT Act, the least our governments can do is follow the laws we entrust them to protect. [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2511 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2511 [2] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2512 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2512 [3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Communications_Privacy_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Communications_Pr...