Cellebrite Patents its Remote Mobile Collection Capabilities for Businesses
Author: Cellebrite
Cellebrite (Nasdaq: CLBT,…, announced today the patent for Remote Mobile Collection, which equips corporate investigators with immediate, targeted remote data collection”
“… Endpoint Mobile Now and Endpoint Inspector – delivers high value, supporting rapid data collection and offers greater convenience to the device’s consenting owner, who can keep it during collection rather than return it to a corporate office.”
Reading the actual Patent (US 12,069,151 B2) provides a much clearer picture if you can wade through the rather obtuse patent legalese. It seems clear that this method applies to an enterprise server based patform rather than a SaaS service. They patent and Cellebrite’s handy ‘fact page’ carefully state that remote collection requires device owner notification and consent. I have encountered this same hesitation from other remote mobile device collection competitors who do not want the potential backlash of being labeled ‘spyware’. Hidden in the patent are some interesting differences in iOS and Android collection methods. iOS collection still seem to based on the backup mechanism, while Android is a direct collection from the target sources. Recent SEC fines ($49M for 6 companies) for failure to monitor and preserve mobile WhatsApp/WeChat communications have raised the need for compliance tools covering mobile content.