How Police Can Crack Locked Phones—and Extract Information
▻https://www.wired.com/story/how-police-crack-locked-phones-extract-information
A report finds 50,000 cases where law enforcement agencies turned to outside firms to bypass the encryption on a mobile device. Smartphone security measures have grown increasingly sophisticated in recent years, evolving from passcodes to thumbprints to face recognition and advanced encryption. A new report from the Washington, DC-based research nonprofit Upturn uncovers how police have maintained access to suspects’ phones even as these defenses grow more complex : by contracting with (...)
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