Cellebrite Says it Now Supports 'Lawful Unlocking' of iPhone 6 and Older Models

[Shirasaki]

They and others (myself included) have been selling these tools to law enforcement for nearly 10 years. Go and see how many you find available online.
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These tools are used by government law enforcement. If they have your device, chances are almost certain that they have every right to examine it and in most cases have a court order to do so.

So yes, lawful in almost every case.

Under government eyes, they are almost always lawful when needed.
Am I wrong?
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Just because it's "lawful" doesn't make it right.

However in modern world, "right or wrong" is not in civilian hand, but nation/state and government hand. They define the "right and wrong" and enforce it.

 

[SteveW928]

But keep rocking your tinfoil hat...

While I'm sure the gov't puts a bunch of bad people away... there's another saying about 'head in the sand' if you don't think the gov't isn't also as corrupt as the day is long.

I guess if the gov't can find a way to hack into someone's phone, and they have proper warrant, etc... have at it. What I'm against, is the gov't requiring back-doors or man-in-the-middle snooping. They might catch some bad guys with that too, but might also turn some good guys into 'bad buys' here and there, when they become inconvenient to the agenda.

BTW, here are a couple of sources to get anyone started on the topic of gov't corruption (they are so brazen, it's pretty much being done right out in the open now):
http://www.congressionaldish.com
http://www.noagendashow.com

 

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"With content transfer speeds averaging 1 GB per minute, this new service is a complete game changer." said Yehuda Holtzman, CEO of Cellebrite Mobile Lifecycle. "With Full Transfer, the average iPhone customer with 10GB of personal data can walk out of the store with a mirror-image of their old iPhone in just 10 minutes, offering customer experience that's far superior to anything else available today."

Uh, the average iPhone owner only has 10GB of personal data? Does this estimate strike anyone else as being way too low? 1GB a minute doesn't seem to be all that fast to me. How fast is it through other methods?

 

[SteveW928]

Uh, the average iPhone owner only has 10GB of personal data? Does this estimate strike anyone else as being way too low? 1GB a minute doesn't seem to be all that fast to me. How fast is it through other methods?

I suppose with all the 16GB devices out there, they can't have 10GB of data. But, yea, that does seem a bit low. I wonder if they count photos, video, music (or, maybe assume all those should be cloud-synced)?

 

[iConnected]

Cellebrite announced the next generation of its "Content Transfer" tool, which will allow retailers and operators to fully duplicate a customer's existing iPhone onto a brand new iPhone at an average content transfer speed of 1GB per minute. The developer said this should reduce wait times in stores while also pleasing anxious customers worried about losing data when upgrading to a new iPhone generation.

Cellebrite said the most important settings get transferred in the process, including wallpaper, alarm settings, weather, photos, videos, contacts, and apps. Not included are account passwords, Wi-Fi settings, health data, and website history. The company plans to hold a demonstration of the Full Transfer service for iPhones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which runs next week from February 27 - March 2.

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"With content transfer speeds averaging 1 GB per minute, this new service is a complete game changer." said Yehuda Holtzman, CEO of Cellebrite Mobile Lifecycle. "With Full Transfer, the average iPhone customer with 10GB of personal data can walk out of the store with a mirror-image of their old iPhone in just 10 minutes, offering customer experience that's far superior to anything else available today."​

So the Content Transfer tool doesn't "fully duplicate a customer's existing iPhone" or enable customers to walk out with "a mirror image of their old iPhone". Nor will it please customers who are worried about losing data when upgrading.

Unless I'm missing something, the tool doesn't do what it claims to do at all.

 

[psik]

I know I am missing the million dollar question here - but is there really anything we can do to protect ourselves from this? Is there even a point in cotnacting APple to see if they are coming up with a counter-measure for specifically this attack?

 

[NT1440]

I know I am missing the million dollar question here - but is there really anything we can do to protect ourselves from this? Is there even a point in cotnacting APple to see if they are coming up with a counter-measure for specifically this attack?

No, seeing as each exploit is specific to a model of machine, Apple is releasing new models faster than Cellebrite (in conjunction with one of their major funders, the NSA) can crack the old ones. They're also advancing their security measures at the hardware and software level on every release.

This is a game of cat and mouse, old models will always get hacked into eventually, only to be undone by the next software update.

 

[psik]

Ok, so if I understand @NT1440, this could potentially be undone by an Apple Software Update? Is there a reason or point to contact Apple? Or will they take care of this themselves. I am sure they are aware of it.

 

[miniyou64]

However in modern world, "right or wrong" is not in civilian hand, but nation/state and government hand. They define the "right and wrong" and enforce it.

Uh no. Right and wrong have existed forever from the Creator. I don't get my rights from government and a government (coalition of the least moral people possible) has no right to define right and wrong.

 

[psik]

most ppl though are very much mesmerized and believe i nthe right of the Creator/state, if one called so called suicidal dude from outside is coming they are willing to give up their most significant liberties to the "Creator/state", Unfortunately @miniyou64 you are a minority. the state will probably beat ya.

 

[Shirasaki]

Uh no. Right and wrong have existed forever from the Creator. I don't get my rights from government and a government (coalition of the least moral people possible) has no right to define right and wrong.

Well, it should be like what you say.
Hope that is the case.

 

[Toosha2]

Cellebrite director of forensic research Shahar Tal recently tweeted out that the company's Advanced Investigative Service can now unlock and extract the full file system for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (via CyberScoop). To date, CAIS "supports lawful unlocking and evidence extraction" from the following iPhone generations: 4s, 5, 5c, 5s, 6, and 6 Plus. No mention has been made whether or not the developer has attempted to unlock newer-generation iPhones, including the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 7, or 7 Plus.

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The company reportedly charges $1,500 to unlock an individual phone and $250,000 for a yearly subscription to the data extracting service. In addition to the basic system and user data it can get, the hack also targets various apps within the iPhone, including personal data stored in Uber, Facebook, Chrome, and some dating apps.

At the same time this week, Cellebrite announced the next generation of its "Content Transfer" tool, which will allow retailers and operators to fully duplicate a customer's existing iPhone onto a brand new iPhone at an average content transfer speed of 1GB per minute. The developer said this should reduce wait times in stores while also pleasing anxious customers worried about losing data when upgrading to a new iPhone generation.

Cellebrite said the most important settings get transferred in the process, including wallpaper, alarm settings, weather, photos, videos, contacts, and apps. Not included are account passwords, Wi-Fi settings, health data, and website history. The company plans to hold a demonstration of the Full Transfer service for iPhones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which runs next week from February 27 - March 2.
Although the developer has been most recognizably in the public eye for its relation to the Apple-FBI drama and its smartphone-cracking expertise, Cellebrite also offers a collection of services for retailers and businesses. Cellebrite Touch2 and Cellebrite Desktop power in-store smartphones and desktop computers, respectively, with software that the company claims offers flexibility by operating through a store's existing IT infrastructure to "deliver a fast, consistent service."

Earlier in February, Cellebrite found itself at the hands of a hacker when someone stole and publicly released a cache of Cellebrite's most sensitive data, including tools it uses to get into older iPhones. The hacker shared the data on Pastebin, intending to highlight the importance of the inevitability that any brute force tools aimed at bypassing encryption software "will make it out" into the public -- a prime fear of Apple CEO Tim Cook when the FBI originally demanded the company create a backdoor into the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone 5c last year.

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[doublepost=1503119200][/doublepost]My very much loved partner took his life a couple of weeks ago. As part of the investigation they also had a warrant for my iPhone 7. I'm just wondering what they would have been able to get off it. I don't use a passcode or fingerprint and I delete txt messages often and delete and remove browsing history often.
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My very much loved partner took his life a couple of weeks ago. As part of the investigation they also had a warrant for my iPhone 7. I'm just wondering what they would have been able to get off it. I don't use a passcode or fingerprint and I delete txt messages often and delete and remove browsing history often.