> I'm not arguing that it should have whatever “special protection” you have in mind. This is why I mentioned the concept of intent: just as having lock picks or a gun isn't automatically a crime, I think having an exploit for Cellebrite would depend on why you were developing and installing it.

In that case, as long as one is not intending to interfere with a search warrant or other legal process, it should be fine for them to deliberately install a Cellebrite hack.