"$200K covered s/w licensing & installation, training for select personnel, an agreed-upon # of phone cracks, [and] references ~$1M in add-ons [...] The DA’s office must designate a “secure room” where the s/w is housed, which cannot contain any audiovisual recording devices." https://t.co/TOoBHzome1

— Kenn White (@kennwhite) October 8, 2019

Remember when the FBI demanded Apple open the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, Apple said no, and the FBI hired a secretive Israeli form to crack it?

That firm has been contracting w/ the Manhattan DA to crack iPhones for the past year. @ozm scoop: https://t.co/P8FF9DO5IC

— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) October 8, 2019

Documents obtained by OneZero reveal that Cellebrite has been selling a product that can “unlock and extract data from all iOS and high-end Android devices” to New York City law enforcement since 2018.https://t.co/iSuZERm8Qm

— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) October 7, 2019

Once again, the @ManhattanDA has proven he cannot be trusted to protect privacy rights.

Purchasing the ability to unlock and extract data from cellphones raises grave concerns over abuses of power.

We must resist attempts by law enforcement to expand the surveillance state. https://t.co/TXunzAFbag

— Dan Quart (@AMDanQuart) October 7, 2019

NYC law enforcement has been able to crack iPhones in-house since Jan 2018 https://t.co/rGDCCUyiQh pic.twitter.com/ybZiJ7d5j1

— Huawei Global (@huawei_global) October 8, 2019

New York City uses Israeli tools to crack into locked iPhones https://t.co/q0YLKEOsWm by @killianbell pic.twitter.com/YfC0MsSVOn

— Cult of Mac (@cultofmac) October 8, 2019

Has NYC DA's office has been able to crack iPhones since 2018? https://t.co/UuexKjiPZP

— iMore (@iMore) October 8, 2019