Can we still trust computer-generated evidence? The UK government launches a call for evidence to review its role in criminal cases—share your insights before 15 April 2025!
The rapid proliferation of digital devices in the modern world has profoundly impacted the digital investigation landscape. Studies show that digital evidence is crucial in around 90% of all criminal cases today*. Throughout my career as a Forensic Examiner, I’ve witnessed how
One truism about digital forensics is that every case is different. As the technology has evolved, we have had to come up with new and inventive ways to problem-solve and work around issues in both the mobile and computer forensic
by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus
Emoji are everywhere — including in your evidence. Used across private-messaging apps and email, social media, and even in passwords and account names, emoji are pictographic representations of objects, moods, and words. They’re a convenient
by Jasmin Cosic, Miroslav Baca & Peter Grd
Abstract
Today there is no criminal investigation that does not contain a digital dimension. A large number of criminal offenses, whether official investigations conducted by judicial bodies or corporate investigations, contain digital
By John Patzakis [1] and Brent Botta [2]
Previously, in Forensic Focus, we addressed the issue of evidentiary authentication of social media data (see previous entries here and here). General Internet site data available through standard web browsing, instead of
The torrent of social media evidence continues to grow. In November 2011 we, at X1 Discovery, searched online legal databases of state and federal court decisions across the United States to identify the number of cases from 2010 and through
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