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The leaked slide focuses on Google Pixel phones and mentions those running the security-focused GrapheneOS operating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Someone recently managed to get on a Microsoft Teams call with representatives from phone hacking company Cellebrite, and then leaked a screenshot of the company\u2019s capabilities against many Google Pixel phones, according to a forum post about the leak and 404 Media\u2019s review of the material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The leak follows others obtained and verified by 404 Media over the last 18 months. Those leaks impacted both Cellebrite<\/u><\/a> and its competitor Grayshift<\/u><\/a>, now owned by Magnet Forensics. Both companies constantly hunt for techniques to unlock phones law enforcement have physical access to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou can Teams meeting with them. They tell everything. Still cannot extract esim on Pixel. Ask anything,\u201d a user called rogueFed wrote on the GrapheneOS forum<\/u><\/a> on Wednesday, speaking about what they learned about Cellebrite capabilities. GrapheneOS is a security- and privacy-focused Android-based operating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n rogueFed then posted two screenshots of the Microsoft Teams call. The first was a Cellebrite Support Matrix, which lays out whether the company\u2019s tech can, or can\u2019t, unlock certain phones and under what conditions. The second screenshot was of a Cellebrite employee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to another of rogueFed\u2019s posts, the meeting took place in October. The meeting appears to have been a sales call. The employee is a \u201cpre sales expert,\u201d according to a profile available online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Support Matrix is focused on modern Google Pixel devices, including the Pixel 9 series. The screenshot does not include details on the Pixel 10, which is Google\u2019s latest device. It discusses Cellebrite\u2019s capabilities regarding \u2018before first unlock\u2019, or BFU, when a piece of phone unlocking tech tries to open a device before someone has typed in the phone\u2019s passcode for the first time since being turned on. It also shows Cellebrite\u2019s capabilities against after first unlock, or AFU, devices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Support Matrix also shows Cellebrite\u2019s capabilities against Pixel devices running GrapheneOS, with some differences between phones running that operating system and stock Android. Cellebrite does support, for example, Pixel 9 devices BFU. Meanwhile the screenshot indicates Cellebrite cannot unlock Pixel 9 devices running GrapheneOS BFU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement, Victor Cooper, senior director of corporate communications and content strategy at Cellebrite, told 404 Media \u201cWe do not disclose or publicize the specific capabilities of our technology. This practice is central to our security strategy, as revealing such details could provide potential criminals or malicious actors with an unintended advantage.\u201d Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Someone](\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20251030171434im_\/https:\/\/www.404media.co\/content\/images\/size\/w2000\/2025\/10\/cellebrite-youtube.png\")
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