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Cellebrite pitches governments iPhone spy tools for coronavirus contact tracing

Makers of smartphone hacking tools are pitching, and in some cases already working with, governments on iPhone spy tools for COVID-19 coronavirus contact tracing.
When law enforcement agencies want to gather evidence locked inside an iPhone, they often turn to hacking software from the Israeli firm Cellebrite. By manually plugging the software into a suspect’s phone, police can break in and determine where the person has gone and whom the user has met. Now, as governments fight the spread
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