[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] signal34:
I think it's kinda funny that this discussion is on a forum whose purpose is to develop ways to circumvent the code, systems, security and programs implemented by cellular manufacturers/carriers in order to make it "better" or make it do things the manufacturers/carriers didn't want you to do in the first place.

The CelleBrite UFED is no different than any other cellular data extraction/circumvention device/program out there. There are at least a dozen different software/hardware packages out there. Anyone remember BitPim or still use it? One of it's purposes was to circumvent how carriers locked down devices so users could upload their own wallpaper, ringtones, etc, as well as to backup their own data. Didn't matter if you had a passcode on your phone, because BitPim could also backup the entire filesystem -- hence why it was used by law enforcement. Are you now mad at law enforcement for using the program, or the makers of BitPim?

Who's to say that the CelleBrite doesn't use some code that's already out there, like Clockworkmod, to extract cell phone data? Who are you blaming?

I think most of you are up in arms just because of the term "law enforcement use" and are generalizing that it will be used to violate everyone's 4th Amendment. True, there are corrupt officers, but that's the exception, not the norm. One news report, one episode of Cops, and one court opinion that shows police in a bad light does not mean they are all bad.

Underneath they are human, and humans can be bad regardless of their occupation. Are you going to hate all restaurants because a waiter was arrested for skimming credit cards? Are you going to stop investing money because Madoff scammed everyone? Are you going to hate all companies because Enron screwed thousands of employees who now have nothing? Are you going to stop taking your kid to the pediatrician because you read a news story that one somewhere was arrested for being a child molester? Probably not. There is the possibility to get screwed/harmed by anyone.

Remember that anything made by man can be unmade -- why? Because there is one inherent flaw in it -- it's made by humans, who are flawed. XDA-developers has managed to find multiple flaws in every device and circumvent it for everyone's benefit. Though you might find a differing opinion if you talk to Samsung, HTC, Sprint, AT&T, etc, who might think differently. Same issue here....CelleBrite is managing to circumvent the same code, but putting it in a package for the police. If they packaged it users, you would be singing their praises.

Just remember this -- everyone hates law enforcement until they have, in their minds, an emergency. If an XDA app is made to prevent any CelleBrite-type product from extracting your data, and your sister/mother/niece/nephew/grandmother is kidnapped, brutally sodomized and tortured over a period of 10 days, and the serial rapist took video, photos, sent texts, etc of this crime, don't hate the police when they grab his Epic and hook it up to the CelleBrite but can't extract the data to put him in jail.

Maybe on the 6 o'clock news, the bad buy will give a thumbs up, look at the camera and say, "Thanks XDA!"