Amaya Toman Police Scotland has released a video online showing the Cellebrite tool in action. Among other things, Cellebrite is used to break into locked mobile devices, and in the mentioned video we can observe, for example, how the tool gains access to messages, photos and calendar on a smartphone. This is the same tool used by many US government agencies for investigative purposes.
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Tools like Cellebrite have been heavily criticized in some quarters, but Police Scotland defends them by arguing that they allow investigators to quickly find out whether the device in question contains any relevant information at all, and if not, it can be immediately returned to its owner.
The technology behind Cellebrite allows specially trained investigators to sift through the contents of a mobile device to determine if it contains information that may be in any way relevant to the investigation. With the help of tools like Cellebrite, the whole process can be greatly accelerated. People whose mobile devices are seized for investigation have often had to go months without them. At the same time, it is not only about suspects or accused persons, but sometimes also about victims.
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Jaromir Miko Malcolm Graham from Police Scotland said in this regard that people of all ages spend a significant part of their lives online these days, which is also reflected in the way crimes are investigated and the type of evidence that is presented to the courts. "The involvement of digital devices in investigations is increasing and the ever-expanding capabilities of these devices means that the demand for digital forensics is higher than ever," Graham says, adding that current restrictions often harm both victims and witnesses by making the review process their installation takes a very long time, and at the end of it, it is often found that there is no evidentiary material on the devices in question. If investigators come across any evidence with the help of Cellebrite, the device in question remains in their possession until the tool makes a nearly complete copy of all the data on it.
The Cellebrite tool has been widely talked about, especially in the case of the San Bernardino shooting investigation. Back then, Apple refused to give the FBI access to the gunman's locked phone, and the FBI did turned to an unnamed third party, with the help of which - and allegedly thanks to Cellebrite - she managed to get into the phone.
Source: 9to5Mac
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I wonder how the tool gets into that iPhone when the data on iPhones is encrypted. But unfortunately I didn't learn that here
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