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Tag: Data Extraction

MSP Should Have NO Friends On This

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Thu Apr 21, 2011 at 10:07:28 AM EST
Tags: MSP, Michigan, State Police, Data Extraction, Cell Phones, Texting, Sir that is an ugly cat picture, Cellebrite, Forensic tools, Transparency (all tags)

Left or Right, on this issue we should agree.

The troubling revelation that Michigan State Police have the tools to so completely violate a person's 4th amendment rights, has both the ACLU and conservatives concerned, and rightly so. The hand held machine available to officers can scan and retrieve a complete inventory of cell phones information, including pictures, text, email, and phone records. From the manufacturer's site:

The Cellebrite UFED Physical Pro is a high-end, all-in-one solution for logical and physical extraction. The UFED Physical Pro expands your current device capabilities to extract deleted mobile device data, user passwords, file system dumps, and physical extraction from GPS devices.
With expanded coverage that now includes more than 3000 phones and a growing list of GPS devices, UFED Physical Pro provides the most complete mobile forensics solution available on the market.
Utilizing UFED's simple and field-proven user interface, a complete high-speed hex dump of the phone memory is delivered without the need of cumbersome PC drivers. Critical data such as user lock codes, and deleted information such as text messages, call history, pictures, and video are sorted and retrieved by Cellebrite's Physical Pro engine. The UFED Physical Pro also includes robust search tools for manual hex dump analysis, as well as an expert mode, which allows advanced capabilities for researchers.
UNPARALELLED ACCESS TO PHONE MEMORY
UFED Physical Pro provides access to data inaccessible by logical methods:

Phone user lock code

Deleted data including: deleted call history, text messages, images, phonebook entries and videos

Access to internal application data

Phone internal data including: IMSI history, past SIM cards used, past user lock code history

Under no circumstance would these be appropriate tools patrol officers should be carrying. It seems imprudent that a patrol officer should need to carry such technology for common stops, traffic enforcement, or assisting motorists.

Further troubling, is the reticence of the MSP to provide a modicum of transparency sans a very high fee. Likely violating the intent of law.

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