Hi all,
Have any of you have used Google Desktop in an investigation? If yes, did it ever go to court? Has it ever been challenged as an investigation tool?
i am using the google desktop.but i never user it as an investigation tool,
why ??
is there any precious out come ??
The question came out of curiosity. I have read various posts about using Google Desktop as a part of lab kit. Since it's not exactly a forensic tool I was wondering if evidence prepared with a use of it may be put in question. I am just checking if this happened to anyone before I start looking in benefits of GD.
I asked a similar question to this a while back and am still working on a paper about it. I've put it down for the time being, as I'm very busy with other things.
http//www.forensicfocus.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1709&highlight=google+desktop
Derrick
Thanks dfarmer03, I came across your post earlier. At this point I am not particularly interested in evidence value of GD indexes found on suspect machine. I am more into using GD to index and search through the evidence in the same way one would use dtSearch or FTK (just indexing). As far as I know GD it should work. The question is would the evidence prepared with a use of GD be accepted in the court of law. I have a feeling that it would be.
I’d like to hear from people who went down this road.