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> unlocked phone

Well, mostly yes, that's considering Cellebrite doesn't have 0-days or other exploits which can send a SMS to the device or similar things. Using Cellebrite's software you can also send silent SMS, so it's not far off either.

A german Cellebrite ambassador showed me and colleagues the mentioned tools of the blog post and told us he participates at Law Enforcement raids. At 6 in the morning they raid the houses of the suspects, detain them and immediately ask for PINs and passwords. He said that surprisingly often it works and no further decryption tries have to be performed.




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