Folks, can anyone provide a pointer to what is considered current best practice in terms of capturing digital evidence from the web, in particular highly volatile sites like social media platforms? I have found quite a lot of material and pointers (including here on FF) but nothing from within the last few years.
Thanks
Michael
Please check out Page-Vault (https://
Page-Vault's proprietary system preserves chain of custody because the captured data goes to their servers.
It is possible to edit a web site's content before capturing a page to a local forensic workstation, which is not good obviously.
Page-Vault's system takes that editing option off the table.
The interface is very user friendly as well.
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Appendix B, describes the position in England and Wales.
Just bear in mind this was written in 2010 as far as I can recall (published 2012).
H