OPERATION LEGEND IS BRINGING SURVEILLANCE TECH TO CITIES
Using federal grants, cities are contracting with companies that hack smartphones and detect gunshots.

“Much of this equipment and technology is given under the guise of either narcotics, policing, or counterterrorism. Ultimately, a lot of it gets used to monitor protests.”

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Apple fights to keep the U.S. government out of its phones. Cellebrite is the leader in helping break in. An inside look at the secretive Israeli company.