In March 2013, Facebook reportedly had just over 1 billion users worldwide. Founded in February 2004, it can be considered one of the grandfathers of social networking. Nearly ten years later and even with hundreds of other social networking sites out there, Facebook is still a very popular social medium.
As a forensic investigator, Facebook can be used as an online resource when conducting an investigation and can be a wealth of information. It can provide a glimpse into a person’s life, provide a mechanism to obtain photos of potential subjects, friends & family. Timeline comments can provide geographical information of where a particular person was on a specific date and they can reveal the identity of close friends and other details not readily apparent…
