Israeli Digital Intelligence Firm Aims to Become Top U.S. Contractor. (www.dropsitenews.com)
from Dot@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 2024 20:49
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An Israeli surveillance-tech company that has played a central role in the war in Gaza is poised to entrench itself as a major surveillance contractor for the U.S. government. That firm, the Tel Aviv-based Cellebrite, reportedly allowed the FBI to use an unreleased version of its technology to help the agency break into the phone of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, in 40 minutes—a feat that, ordinarily, could take years.

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