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Jonathan Rozen
@Rozen_J
Senior researcher @pressfreedom, @cpjafrica — formerly @ISSAfrica — Canadian around — Words: @dailymaverick, @AJEnglish, @qz, @daily_trust Opinions my own.
Jul 15, 2020 • 32 tweets • 17 min read
This is a story of how the US, UK, and Interpol gave #Ghana's security forces technology to break into locked phones, bypass encryption, and extract information.

Journalists worry these tools may be used against them—they have reason.

A THREAD: cpj.org/2020/07/us-uk-… In May 2019, the US gifted Ghana technology made by the Israel-based Cellebrite corporation.

Cellebrite's website says their tools can "[b]reakthrough complicated locks and encryption barriers to extract deleted and unknown content." cpj.org/2020/07/us-uk-… Image