UK Police secretly downloading data from mobile phones on a massive scale

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  1. RockLobster

    RockLobster Registered Member

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    https://www.privacyinternational.or...-secretly-downloading-content-suspects-mobile
     
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  2. mirimir

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    Those police are just curious ******** :) And I guess that they think of smartphones as logically equivalent to wallets, handbags, backpacks, etc.
     
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    Will encrypting my phone prevent this or do they have the keys from manufacturers
     
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    What phone and OS version?
     
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    Android v6.01. Blackberry priv
     
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    My question is, how are they doing this? The article lacks a lot of information.
     
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    That must be the 'secret' bit.
     
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    I guess. One can't just magically scoop up such data though. The article sounds a bit, sensationalised.

    Usually when something like this happens there's a whole bunch of security enthusiasts theorising how it could be possible, but I'm not seeing any of that, or any coverage on tech sites.
     
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    I think the article is a bit sensationalised too.
     
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