It is a real thing and they are produced by a company called Cellebrite. They are used in digital forensics. So if they get your phone confiscated or whatever, they can plug the funky looking police tablet and hack it.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Can always rely on Israel for digital forensics tech

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

“Digital Forensics”

Not offensive cyber warfare against US Citizens

[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's real! It has a dozen different plugs for different phone models, and it can make a dump of the physical memory of the device, allowing you to read messages, files etc... without having to unlock it.

I used to work for a PI who used it, he was an incompetent piece of shit but the tech was fun to play with.