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Exclusive: U.S. Cops Have Wide Access to Phone Cracking Software, New Docum
While the FBI requests ‘backdoor’ iPhone access, documents indicate law enf
Auto extracted Text……Barr recently complained that Apple had not provided “any substantive assistance” to officials and that the Pensacola case “perfectly illustrates why it is critical that investigators be able to get access to digital evidence once they have obtained a court order based on probable cause.” The Department of Justice (DOJ) insists that it has been unable to open the phones of the Pensacola shooter.
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sent Freedom of Information Act requests to over 50 major police departments, sheriffs, and prosecutors around the country.
While Apple may not provide official support to law enforcement agencies to access iPhones, third-party companies have stepped in to fill the void, allowing police to unlock and access information on encrypted mobile devices at a relatively low cost.
Over the past three months, OneZero sent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to over 50 major police departments, sheriffs, and prosecutors around the country asking for information about their use of phone-cracking technology.
Hundreds of documents from these agencies reveal that law enforcement in at least 11 states spent over $4 million in the last decade on devices and software designed to get around passwords and access information stored on phones.
OneZero obtained documents from law enforcement agencies in New York, California, Florida, Texas, Washington, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, New Mexico, and Massachusetts.
These agencies included district attorneys’ offices, local police departments, and county sheriffs’ offices
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