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Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush hush’ | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush hush’ | TechCrunch::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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The question is which devices it works on. Probably mostly older ones, but I wouldn't be surprised if they invest heavily into zero day research and can do some stuff with newer ones as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I wrote with 100% confidence: all of them. This is what they are a zero day warehouse company and trader.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's true, my uncle's cousin works for Cellebrite and says they can even hack into our brains

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I trust you, bro