UK Police Secretly Hoover Up Users’ Smartphone Data

Phil Muncaster

There have been calls for an immediate independent review after a new Privacy International investigation revealed that police are secretly extracting large volumes of highly sensitive data from UK users’ phones – even those not suspected of any crime.

The Digital Stop and Search report builds on previous research from the Bristol Cable in January last year detailing how law enforcers were investing hundreds of thousands intrusive UFEDs (Universal Forensic Extraction Devices) from the likes of notorious Israeli vendor Cellebrite.

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Source: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/

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