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Re:Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush... by unstatusthequo on Saturday August 19, 2023 @08:33PM (#37194810)
Defense attorney here. Client of Cellebrite. Look, it’s the gold standard in smartphone processing. What would anyone want to taint something that works well. For BOTH sides. Don’t assume a tool always favors one side. The data is the data. A tool reveals it. Don’t want it found? Don’t use an easily processable app…
Re:Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush... by ISL on Saturday August 19, 2023 @08:49PM (#37194893)
How do we know that the tool doesn't alter the data?
Re:Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush... by arsome on Saturday August 19, 2023 @10:09PM (#37195365)
Or perhaps even more likely - process fake data injected by a malicious 3rd party trying to spoof an app.
Re:Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush... by yyyk on Sunday August 20, 2023 @12:02AM (#37196017)
It's a defence often used in CP cases - 'my computer was hacked! I had no idea the computer had CSAM!' - and it always fails. Because hacking is atypical, courts place the burden on the defendant to prove hacking, and there's usually no good way to do that. Same thing here, except the defendant is in an even worse position.

In theory, a CP felon would have reason to generically hack some another computer (since CSAM storage itself is illegal), and desktop OSs are less secure. In the phone case, you likely need to assume a specific criminal conspiracy entirely meant to convict the defendant, one that must involve the police*, and that's an extremely high bar to meet.

* The police are the ones using the tool; the only way to effectively plant non-generic evidence is to have the corroborating data first and that requires police assistance.

Re:Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush... by flangola7 on Saturday August 19, 2023 @10:00PM (#37195305)
How good is it? Can it extract secure enclave keys or only bypass the rate limiting?