Policy Reporter
Gaby Del Valle is a policy reporter at The Verge. Her past work has focused on immigration politics, border surveillance technologies, and the rise of the New Right.
Law enforcement agencies — including the FBI, which unlocked the Trump rally shooter’s phone — use these mobile forensics tools to break into suspects’ devices.
But despite Cellebrite claiming its premium tool can get the password for “nearly all of today’s mobile devices, including the latest iOS and Android versions,” leaked docs show that it has been unable to unlock many iPhones that run iOS 17.4 or newer.
Goodreads has temporarily disabled ratings on Vance’s 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, after detecting “unusual behavior” from reviewers in the wake of Vance’s selection as Trump’s running mate.
The book — a New York Times bestseller that was adapted into a film staring Amy Adams and Glenn Close — turned Vance into a household name. But some critics have called it “offensive and inauthentic.”
It’s never been easier for the cops to break into your phone
The FBI said it ‘gained access’ to the Trump rally shooter’s phone just two days after the attempted assassination.