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		upofadown on Dec 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No, Cellebrite Cannot “Break Signal Encryption” But you would never want to do something like that if you were looking for evidence you might want to present at a trial.

Brian_K_White on Dec 23, 2020 [–]

So what? That's a procedural rule not the difference between "cracking encryption" and not. It still means all they did was automate something, not crack something.

polar on Dec 23, 2020 | [–]

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