A super snooping tool designed by a team of Scots tech experts will help cops snare paedophiles and terrorists online.
Edinburgh -based Cyan Forensics scanning tech helps law enforcement agencies monitor images faster than ever before.
The firm has partnered with Susteen, a California-based maker of mobile forensic tools, to deliver the smartphone tracker.
Ian Stevenson, CEO and co-founder at Cyan Forensics, said: “It has always been our intention to make our rapid scanning capability available as widely as possible.
“The ability to scan smartphones is vital, and in Susteen we have found a partner with complementary products and shared values.
“We are both specialists in our fields and by bringing our individual expertise together, we can create a cutting-edge tool that rapidly scans smartphones in the field for illegal imagery.”
Cyan Forensics’ technology is already used by the Home Office Child Abuse Image Database system and cops across the UK.
Investigators use it to identify sickening child abuse images while counter-terrorist units deploy it in the UK and Europe.
Criminals are embracing smartphone technology with cops experiencing a huge increase in the number of devices getting examined for evidence.
Europol crime fighters have reported a rise in online child sexual exploitation during the pandemic - with cops desperate to quickly and effectively track down evidence.
Stevenson added: “I’m excited to get this capability into the hands of front-line users dealing with child abuse and terrorism investigations and help them in their work.”
