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Cellebrite Asks Law Enforcement Clients to Keep Its Phone Hacking Tech Secret
Loaded on April 15, 2024
by Jo Ellen Nott
published in Criminal Legal News
April, 2024, page 11
Filed under:
Contractor Misconduct,
Cell Phone Access,
Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet,
Cell-Phones.
Location:
United States of America.
by Jo Ellen Nott
Cellebrite—the Israeli digital intelligence company that provides data extraction tools for law enforcement to collect, analyze, and manage digital data—is asking its customers to keep the technology a secret.
For years, Cellebrite has tried to keep the technology of its products secret and has urged law ...
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