Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush hush’ | TechCrunch
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For years, cops and other government authorities all over the world have been using phone hacking technology provided by Cellebrite to unlock phones and In a leaked video, a Cellebrite employee urges law enforcement customers to keep their use of its phone hacking technology secret.
  • 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    7·
    1 year ago

    It’s just a bunch of decoded databases from an image of a device, with specialized tools to sort through and relate them to each other. Combine it with OSINT stuff, existing criminal records, evidence and ongoing investigations. Now you can map out wwwwwh with relative certainty.

    I doubt the courts could force them to divulge trade secrets as to how, specifically, the tech behind the evidence gathering works. The investigator just has to ensure chain of custody remains intact.

    For the record, I’m not saying it’s good, but the concept is there and there are many of digital forensics companies doing exactly this. It’s literally hacking, but for The Man. And there’s a lot of money behind it

  • Touching_Grass@lemmy.world
    129·
    1 year ago

    This post should be deleted. Its just that we might be liable from discussing, sharing and reading about tools like this. Especially if the article hints that these tools could end up in regular peoples hands. This isn’t what the internet was built for. Please remove before someone gets in trouble. Let’s keep conversations strictly about brands and how they fill us with joy

    • CaptainAlchemy@lemm.ee
      7·
      1 year ago

      Bro what? How is anyone liable on Lemmy? If anyone is liable it’s the journalist writing the article.

      • Sho@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, since when is reading about something making u liable? Oh wait I forgot what timeline we are in…

        • CaptainAlchemy@lemm.ee
          3·
          1 year ago

          I think the initial comment is satire but let’s imagine it’s real and reading something like this can get you in trouble. When do you stop caring? When does the threat of getting put behind bars or a huge fine become meaningless? Even if it’s just for criminals now, the government is creating a weapon that can be used against anyone.