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The advocacy group has submitted Freedom of Information Act requests since 2018 to learn exactly how the FBI can access data on encrypted or otherwise-protected devices, but has gotten nowhere, earning only the notorious "neither confirm nor deny" response as the agency refuses to even admit records related to its Electronic Device Analysis Unit even exist. The suit alleges the FBI has contracted with companies like GrayShift, which makes a passcode-cracking tool that works on some iPhones, and CheckPoint Technologies, which "permits detailed microscopic views of electronics hardware in a wa...

By Eduard Kovacs on December 23, 2020 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced on Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the FBI in an effort to find out how the law enforcement agency can access information stored on encrypted devices. The FBI has often turned to third parties for help in accessing information stored on encrypted devices, but it has come to light in recent court documents that the agency’s Electronic Device Analysis Unit (EDAU) has been acquiring solutions that can help it break into encrypted devices on its own. The ACLU has filed a request under the Free...