More a declaration of war than turning the tables Share Copy Updated It is possible to hijack and manipulate Cellebrite's phone-probing software tools by placing a specially crafted file on your handset, it is claimed. Signal app supremo Moxie Marlinspike said in an advisory on Wednesday that he managed to get his hands on some of Cellebrite's gear, which is typically used by cops, government agents, big biz, and authoritarian regimes to forcibly access the contents of physically seized smartphones. Thought the FBI were the only ones able to unlock encrypted phones? Pretty much every US cop can get the job doneREAD MORE