Centrelink is using controversial high-tech phone-breaking devices to reveal secrets hidden by suspected fraudsters in their smart phones. The agency says it uses the technology in strict accordance with the law and only when it has obtained a warrant when investigating cases of serious fraud. But experts have warned the use of the 'Universal Forensic Extraction Devices' is jeopardising the communications security of Australians.

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