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I imagine Cellebrite is very picky about who gets to be there customer. Wouldn't want someone sending a trojan device that reveals their secrets.



I would think Forbes Magazine would be a great customer for them.


> I would think Forbes Magazine would be a great customer for them

Forbes would unlock one phone and then alert Apple by way of their story. Celebrite’s ideal customer pays for lots of iPhones to be unlocked.


Go to Apple store with reporter. Buy phone. Have reporter take selfie and set passcode. Take phone, unlock, show reporter selfie.


Why would Cellebrite want to do this in the first place?


I don't know, but imagine Forbes would convince them. Isn't that what journalism is all about?


I think we can pretty safely assume that if they would have been willing to do this, Forbes would have been happy to report on it, because it's a damn good story.

Presumably they weren't, because there's nothing in it for them. And Forbes ran the story anyway. Would it really have been better for Forbes to not run it?




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