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Phone hacking companies are overstating their capabilities.

Law enforcement agencies — including the FBI, which unlocked the Trump rally shooter’s phone — use these mobile forensics tools to break into suspects’ devices.

But despite Cellebrite claiming its premium tool can get the password for “nearly all of today’s mobile devices, including the latest iOS and Android versions,” leaked docs show that it has been unable to unlock many iPhones that run iOS 17.4 or newer.

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