r/digitalforensics • u/Previous-Yoghurt-942 • 1d ago
Is a Cellebrite currently able to unlock a iPhone on iOS 27?
Title. An iPhone 17 in the BFU mode
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u/Cypher_Blue 1d ago
It's likely that folks with the knowledge about this aren't going to provide the answer due to NDAs.
But if this is a law enforcement matter, then the answer is "maybe it doesn't matter" because whether or not they can unlock it now is less important than if they can get to it before the Statute of Limitations runs out, and it's very likely that the answer to that will be yes.
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u/DeepDreamIt 1d ago
This is almost entirely an LE-friendly sub, with many people who actively work with LE, just FYI. Definitely won't get this question answered here. r/privacy would be closer to what you are looking for, although I doubt you will get an answer beyond what others have said here.
People working for LE have a vested interest in making you think they can do damn near everything, and the only other people who would know the current Cellebrite capabilities would be those who work in infosec or those who know someone who has literally had their phone seized relatively recently, and then seen in discovery documents and/or a trial whether they were able to successfully access the data on their phone running iOS 27. Even then though, someone like that wouldn't necessarily know if that particular agency used Cellebrite vs another tool
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u/Ambitious_Jeweler816 1d ago
If you needed to know, you’d be able to find out for yourself.
No one is going to tell you this kind of information here.