upturn

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A 2020 study by the nonprofit Upturn found that at least 2,000 law enforcement agencies in all 50 states possess the technology to get into and extract data from locked phones.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Of 110 agencies contacted by Upturn, only 10 had clear restrictions for how data accessed through the encryption hacking tools could be used.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2020

Records obtained by Upturn show that law enforcement agencies have spent tens of millions of dollars on such tools in recent years.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2020

ProPublica helped design the research with Northeastern and Upturn and placed some additional ads of its own.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2019

Upturn, up-turn′, v.t. to turn up or upward: to throw up.—v.i. to turn up.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various