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Everyone Leaves a Digital Trail. Uncover it with Cellebrite Smart Search.

Use Smart Search to cut through the noise of the billions of digital traces to identify critical information and connections. Get a detailed person overview from publicly available data to make search warrants stronger and drive your investigations forward.

With just a few clicks, Smart Search surfaces everything you need – reducing hours of manual searching down to minutes. Here’s how it works:

  1. Enter a social media account, email, name or phone number and hit search – it’s that simple.

  1. Smart Search handles the heavy lifting by gathering, analyzing and organizing open-source information from multiple sources like social networks, messaging apps and web mentions.

  1. You’ll then receive a detailed profile with relevant information, allowing you to easily tag important details and share your findings in an easy-to-read report.

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    Run Your Own Open-Source Searches with No Extra Training

    Never mind the slow and laborious process of manual web and social media investigations – get the information you need immediately. Go beyond what public record databases offer and gain deeper insights from a greater range of open-source information. No technical experience is required – simply enter a single identifier and let Cellebrite Smart Search do the work!

    From a long manual process
    To a quick and effective search
    From a single identifier
    To a full picture of the subject
    From a single lead
    To multiple leads
    From scattered information
    To a unified person overview
    From multiple or incomplete warrant submissions
    to streamlined requests

    Hours or Days of Manual Work
    Reduced to Minutes

    What you can expect from Cellebrite Smart Search:

    Accelerate Investigations
    Advance your case while awaiting lab results. Rapidly gather public information, reducing dependence on intel requests and manual searches
    Validate Information
    Easily check information such as who is associated with phone numbers, social media and other identifiers
    Prepare Warrants Efficiently
    Identify additional apps and sites that should be included in warrant requests, ensuring that necessary data is preserved and gathered fast

    *Based on opt-in diagnostic data from users.

    Security and Transparency at the Core

    By using Cellebrite Smart Search in online investigations, you’ll have 

    • Non-Invasive Online Data Collection
    • Full Data Privacy in Dedicated Environments
    • Isolated Workspaces for Sensitive Investigations
    • Audit Reporting for Admin
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    FAQs

    For more details about Cellebrite Smart Search, see the FAQs below or complete the form to contact us.

    What is Cellebrite Smart Search?

    Smart Search is an online tool that helps investigators quickly gather actionable insights from publicly available online data. If you know how to search online, you can use Smart Search effectively. By performing automated searches on identifiers like social media profiles or email addresses, Smart Search collects and organizes the most relevant information, generating a shareable report with just one click. This saves hours of work and accelerates investigations. Investigations often face delays due to data backlogs and the need to maintain social media profiles. With Smart Search, you can move investigations forward faster. It gathers and analyzes open-source data effortlessly, allowing you to uncover new leads and validate crucial information without needing specialized expertise.

    Where does Smart Search find its results?

    Smart Search collects information mainly from social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok and YouTube. The system collects data via emulators, e.g. TrueCaller, and integrated databases, e.g. Pipl. Contact us to get the full list of data sources.

    Can I export my reports?

    Yes, Smart Search can be exported to JSON files and PDFs.

    Will Smart Search require a lot of training for my staff?

    Not at all. If you know how to search online, you can use Smart Search effectively. The tool is intuitive to use and requires little to no onboarding.

    My agency already uses an OSINT tool. Would I still need Smart Search?

    Smart Search is purpose-built for investigators to widen open-source searches quickly. Its powerful search features enable investigators to gather information quickly from multiple sources all at once without the complexity that comes with other OSINT tools – no analyst required.

    Smart Search is built with the investigator in mind. Its straightforward approach and simple user experience, along with cost-effective pricing, can bring crucial data and insights to investigators that would have previously been out of reach or taken hours or days of work to achieve.

    What are the deployment options for Smart Search?

    The current deployment options for Smart Search are in the US on AWS GovCloud, in EMEA through AWS Ireland and in LATAM through AWS Brazil.

    Can this solution be deployed on-prem or on a private cloud?

    Smart Search is SaaS-based solution, enabling us to provide it to you as a “ready-to-go” solution.

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