Cellebrite pitches data-siphoning solution to COVID-19

Reuters:

> Cellebrite is pitching the same capability to help authorities learn who a coronavirus sufferer may have infected. When someone tests positive, authorities can siphon up the patient’s location data and contacts, making it easy to “quarantine the right people,” according to a Cellebrite email pitch to the Delhi police force this month.

Just iPhone their data and contacts. You’ll get permission first, right?

> This would usually be done with consent, the email said. But in legally justified cases, such as when a patient violates a law against public gatherings, police could use the tools to break into a confiscated device, Cellebrite advised.

And:

> “We do not need the phone passcode to collect the data”

What could go wrong? The mind reels.



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