Most criminals try very hard to destroy all data, photos and information on the phone. They make all sorts of opportunities from smashing, shooting, to cooking the phone. However, forensic experts manage to recover most of the information they need to investigate. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are testing options to extract data from a phone using hacking tools that can be legally used in criminal investigations.

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