Cellular Triangulation: The Legal Significance
What is cellular triangulation, and is it as critical as it sounds? Well, essentially it is the examination of call detail records (CDRs) and geo-location artifacts. This evidence is vital…
It’s Not Rocket Science: The Inevitable Intrusion of Voter Registration
It appears that politics has once again ended up right in the middle of our inalienable rights as U.S. voters. Homeland Security just broke the latest news that yes, we…
The Rise and Fall of Net Neutrality
The fact that a ubiquitous Internet could spark a 15-year power struggle between the government, public citizens and corporate America is a bit of a shock. ‘We the people’ know…
How is America Dealing with Cyber Threats?
This year’s Worldwide Threat Assessment (published annually by the office of the Director of National Intelligence) begins its 32 pages addressing the subject of how our country is dealing with…
North Korea Cyber Attacks: How concerned should we be?
Finding a straight line to walk between the daily news and political opinions about North Korea cyber attacks can be a daunting task. With the very visible level of contention…
Congress Takes on Private Email Accounts Early in the Trump Presidency
What’s the problem? After all, it’s common knowledge that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have both been using their private email accounts (owned by their family business) while operating as…
Compromise of John Kelly’s Cell Phone Cause for Alarm in West Wing
Last Thursday night, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow picked up and ran with Politico's 10/5/17 headline news, addressing West Wing use of personal mobile devices; ensuring it was ‘seen and heard’ around…
10 Common Expert Witness Mistakes
Forensic testimony is given by an expert witness using their expertise in science or technology to reach conclusions for a lawsuit or prosecution. Simply put, forensics is the science of…
Best practices for collecting mobile devices in a civil case vs criminal case
The collection of mobile devices in civil cases vs criminal may differ for several reasons. The primary difference is after a mobile device has been imaged or the data extracted,…
Skin Surface or Protected Algorithm?
What correctly identifies a fingerprint and its ability to decrypt and access sensitive mobile devices and content. Latent fingerprinting has been in existence for hundreds of years and similar to…