# Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
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Publisher: 404 Media · published 2026-01-08 · read 2026-09-11

Original: https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/

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## Who is named (2)

- [ICE](https://truthscore.com/entity/617574d8)
- [PenLink](https://truthscore.com/entity/9c92ee43)

## What it added

- [ICE awarded PenLink tools that aggregate real-time commercial location data from hundreds of millions of devices without warrants.](https://truthscore.com/claim/df560184)
  > Parallel awards cover Paragon Solutions Graphite spyware capable of remote phone access and PenLink tools that aggregate real-time commercial location data from hundreds of millions of devices without warrants.
- [The surveillance system ICE bought access to is designed to monitor a city neighborhood or block for mobile phones, track the movements of those devices and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/7203c6cd)
  > A social media and phone surveillance system ICE bought access to is designed to monitor a city neighborhood or block for mobile phones, track the movements of those devices and their owners over time, and follow them from their places of work to home or other locations, according to material that describes how the system works obtained by 404 Media.
- [The purchase occurs during ICE’s mass deportation effort and continued crackdown on protected speech, alarming civil liberties experts and raising questions…](https://truthscore.com/claim/080b46df)
  > The purchase comes squarely during ICE’s mass deportation effort and continued crackdown on protected speech, alarming civil liberties experts and raising questions on what exactly ICE will use the surveillance system for.
- [The tool is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b74940e3)
  > “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.
- [The granular location information paints a detailed picture of who we are, where we go, and who we spend time with.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5f7b004c)
  > This granular location information paints a detailed picture of who we are, where we go, and who we spend time with,” Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy project director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, told 404 Media.

## Questions it bears on

- [What privacy implications arise from ICE's expanded surveillance tools?](https://truthscore.com/question/b849fa23)

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