How (and why) India's law enforcement agencies are using phone-cracking tools
The lack of regulation and protection against the unrestricted use of surveillance by the authorities poses grave risks, experts warn.
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The lack of regulation and protection against the unrestricted use of surveillance by the authorities poses grave risks, experts warn.
Police officials tell MediaNama what tools they use in investigations, and why evidence collected via such tools is given utmost importance.
Delhi Police can break into locked iPhones and Android phones using special tools, says report In India, Delhi Police is one of the law enforcement agencies that can access data from smartphones including iPhones using special tools. Ankita Chakravarti | December 22, 2020 | Updated 14:39 IST Representational image. Delhi Police is one of the law enforcement agencies that can access data from smartphones. Delhi Police use tools from Israeli cybersecurity company Cellebrite such as UFED (Universal Forensic Extraction Device). The tools used by American agencies have proven to be far more effe...
Exclusive: Delhi Police has tools to extract data from smartphones, including iPhones Credit: Aditi Agrawal At least one law enforcement agency in India — Delhi Police — has the tools to extract data from locked smartphones, including iPhones. However, the effectiveness and success rate of such tools remains under question. There has been amplereportage about how American law enforcement agencies break into smartphones, especially iPhones, but the capabilities of their Indian counterparts have remained shrouded in mystery. The intrigue intensified after revelations that controversi...