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They may sell to law enforcement, but they can end up in private hands: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20080814 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20080
by mysterydip 7y ago
They may sell to law enforcement, but they can end up in private hands: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20080814 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20080814
- coolspot 7y ago> The device bought in the thrift store appears to be a device to copy data from phones already unlocked and open, in other words, not the most interesting device they have, and it's from 2014. It is not law enforcement grade, just simple copier Cellebrite made for mobile phone stores to copy data from old phone to new one.
- wolfgang42 7y agoThat device turned out (way down at the bottom of the thread where it's easy to miss) to be a non-law-enforcement model used by e.g. cellphone stores to transfer data between unlocked phones.