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A Device to Grab Data From Cell Phones
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"Apparently there is a quick, simple, and undetectable way to grab all of your cellphone data. CNet reports on the Cellular Seizure Investigation (CSI) Stick, developed for law enforcement but available to the public, which 'connects to the data/charging port and will seamlessly grab e-mails, instant messages, dialed numbers, phone books and anything else that is stored in memory. It will even retrieve deleted files that have not been overwritten. And there is no trace whatsoever that the information has been compromised, nor any risk of corruption. This may be especially troublesome for corporate employees and those that work for government agencies.' I use mobile knox, a secure storage application, for my important data, but I would be very upset if somebody grabbed my telephone list, SMS, or anything else from my locked phone."
Posting anonymously because i'm about to bash a company that specializes in digital forensics products.
I've used this device, physically. Had the csi sticks in the lab and attempted to seize cell phone information via this device...
Your data is perfectly safe. It couldn't acquire data from any phones more recent than 3 years old and even then, a quick click through your cell phone would yield just as much results. (doesn't retrieve deleted items).
Put your tinfoil hats away, I've had better methods to acquire cellphone information than this POS device that didn't work on new phones or even unlocked phones in general.
The tech support is lacking and their programmers are all from the ukrane, which means that if I have to acquire a phone *right now!* and it won't work, it'll take a month and a half to patch the software to get the phone data.
Moral of this story: Your data is perfectly safe, its a condensation of the tech that i've been using for years, except it doesn't work nearly as well.
I returned it for a full refund, so at least i got THAT value back...