1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auLucas Ropekhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/lucasropek-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="W1oMFGzxgS"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2022/11/the-fbi-reportedly-came-very-close-to-deploying-spyware-for-domestic-surveillance/">The FBI Reportedly Came Very Close to Deploying Spyware for Domestic Surveillance</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2022/11/the-fbi-reportedly-came-very-close-to-deploying-spyware-for-domestic-surveillance/embed/#?secret=W1oMFGzxgS" width="600" height="338" title="“The FBI Reportedly Came Very Close to Deploying Spyware for Domestic Surveillance” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="W1oMFGzxgS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/14/f52819357204b6ebee36d642b3cfb180.jpg?quality=75&w=600600338The FBI came very close to using commercial spyware to aid in its domestic criminal investigations, the New York Times has reported. The spyware was developed by the NSO Group, the notorious surveillance vendor from Israel whose products have been tied to spying scandals all over the world.