What you need to know
- Cellebrite devices are used by law enforcement to retrieve data from devices.
- Police Scotland have begun using so-called Cyber Kiosks.
- They’ve even shown one-off in a YouTube video.
Cellebrite machines are used to retrieve data from phones and tablets and law enforcement around the globe uses them. Now Police Scotland is also taking advantage of them. And they’re so excited they’re telling everyone all about it.
Cyber kiosks are desktop computers, which will be located in police stations across local policing divisions. The technology allows specially trained officers to triage mobile devices to determine if they contain information that may be of value to a police investigation or incident.
This will allow lines of inquiry to be progressed at a much earlier stage and devices that are not relevant to an investigation to be returned quicker.
The main benefit to members of the public, the piece says, is the fact that they will be able to get their devices back more quickly. Previously it took months, but that’s going to be reduced.
There’s even a video showing what a Cyber Kiosk can do, too.
