https://www.oxygen-forensic.com/en/
Some products may be reserved to Law Enforcement or Licensed investigators, but I believe that's all.
I fully expect authorities from any countries to try to get evidences from physical access to electronic devices in the case of criminal investigation. Just like they can go into ones house and open safes with a torch if a judge allows it.
The problem is mass surveillance, not getting data about someone under arrest.
Of course, I unfortunatly also fully expect them to abuse that and use it outside of criminal investigations, without the knowledge of said person.
The manufacturers do their best to protect the users, but when it comes to criminal investigations there are tools[0] that can often make access to smartphone (or computers) data possible.
These tools are often prohibitively expensive and/or only licensed to LEO's (Law Enforcement Officers) and cannot unlock/access "everything", so there is no real "privacy risk" connected to them unless you are charged with a criminal offence and/or arrested.
To give you an example there are cases where an iPhone can be unlocked by two (AFAIK) different tools, one is made by Cellebrite that charges an awful amount of money for each unlock, and the other is Graykey that wants as well a lot of money but you can buy the "unlimited" option:
https://www.forensicfocus.com/forums/mobile-forensics/grayke...
both are only given to authorized investigators (Police/Government) only.
Of course it is possible - in theory - that someone malicious manages to get their hands on one of them and then proceeds to steal the phone from you, and then can afford to spend anything between 3,000 and 10,000 US$ to unlock it and access your data, but I find it improbable.
[0] until the manufacturer patches (if patchable) the vulnerability, and then the race starts to find a new one
I am really surprised they don't do much against Pegasus though. I'm sure the agencies involved know what exploits it uses by now.
I guess because western powers use these tools too is why they don't lock them out.
Of course, even if the article make it sound like a scandal, exchange of anti-privacy software for catching human traffickers [1] is not announced in a worldwide press release, it would defeat its purpose
[1] from the article
Objective of this technology transfer financed from the budget of the EU's "border management program for the Maghreb region": to fight against irregular immigration and human trafficking at the gates of the EU.
Wow. Sounds like someone is on an agenda.
I also don't like the framing of migrants and drugs in the same sentence as both issues are ethically very different. But both are driven by organized crime groups and the migrants are victims too. The traffickers take them for all they're worth. It's a problem that needs to be fought.
I apologies for the mistake, i can't edit the comment anymore unfortunately
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/27/moroccan-autho...
I guess it’s time to reset my phone.
Apple may state that their enclave is secure, the existance of such tools and the fact they were part of PRISM hints that they are like all others: open to those with a lot of resources.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)#Development_...
I wouldn't be surprised if it hasn't always been at full effectiveness on all platforms, as vulnerabilities are patched and others discovered.
By "land" you mean "only a few miles of sea", I believe.
There are three spanish islets (exclaves): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclave_and_exclave in Morocco, but they don't really count, even if inside Melilla, Ceuta or Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco%E2%80%93Spain_border
you are on Spanish territory, you still need to cross the Gibraltar straight to get to Spain, they are among the few "special territories" of the EU:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territori...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Morocco%E2%80%93Spain_bor...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/26/calls-investig...
I know they can't readily travel to Spain from there but I guess the idea is that they apply for refugee status once they're in. And they are part of the EU.
As said once you manage to get inside one of these extra-territories you are technically on Spain teritory, but you have NO access (without a boat) to Spain (or the EU).
As an example, if you manage (from Morocco) to enter one of these you cannot be chased by the Morocco Police (that will stop at the border) and you can - say - ask/apply for asylum, but if this is denied the Spanish Police will bring you back to the border and put you in the hands of the Morocco border police.
And it is not like any "mainland" border that you can escape anywhere, these territories are tiny and you have no ways to go other than sea or Morocco.
Same goes for drugs, congratulations, you managed to bring some hashish in Melilla, if you manage to sell it there, good, otherwise you won't be able (easily) to bring it to Spain.
Most of the "drug activity" is on the beaches of Spain, around La Linea, Campo de Gibraltar and Algeciras:
https://estaticos-cdn.prensaiberica.es/epc/resourcescas/info...
speedboats leave the coasts of Morocco and quickly unload the drugs on the beaches, then they are loaded on cars and distributed in Spain.
The rest is attempts to smuggle drugs (and tobacco/cigarettes) hidden inside trucks or cars boarded onto regular ferries.
I don't really understand why Spain insists on keeping them. They're more trouble than they're worth IMO. Also, it's just a little bit hypocritical of Spain to want Gibraltar back from the UK but wanting to keep these areas in Morocco.
Personally I think both should be done, Ceuta/Melilla to Morocco and Gibraltar to Spain.
