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Use of Controversial Phone-Cracking Tool Is Spreading Across Federal Government
Loaded on May 15, 2022
by Sam Biddle, Mara Hvistendahl
published in Criminal Legal News
June, 2022, page 20
Filed under:
Cell Phone Access,
Police State-Surveillance,
Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet.
Locations:
Israel,
United States of America.
Cellebrite’s extensive federal sales come as another Israeli phone-spying firm, NSO Group, falls under federal sanctions.
by Mara Hvistendahl, Sam Biddle, The Intercept
Investigators with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service frequently work to thwart a variety of environmental offenses, from illegal deforestation to hunting without a license. While these are real ...
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