I was having a conversation about this with someone recently, the fact that once someone has convinced themselves that there is some massive conspiracy involving the government and media, etc, you can’t disprove it. There’s no point in arguing it, because clearly any evidence offered is part of the conspiracy, and any scientific study contradicting…
As an industry, we’re always behind, but this is telling – “As new types of content materialize from various applications and devices, the e-discovery process will become more difficult. According to a recent report from Osterman Research, any electronic information is potentially subject to e-discovery, including text messages, social media posts, data in collaboration…
You know, it occurs to me that while Apple made it tougher for someone to get into your data through a phone backup, they made it super easy for law enforcement to unlock a phone, didn’t they? And in many countries—including the US—the police can legally force you to use your fingerprint to unlock your…
First off, the answer to the question in the title is, yes, of course. But, this is one point that really stuck with me, because over the years as a trainer, and working in law firms, I’m always left a little stunned by lawyers who talk about not knowing what the search for until they…
This should be interesting. “Sean Morrissey, CEO of Katana Forensics has seen the beta versions of iOS 11 and now that the GM is available, his concerns for the Digital Forensics community hit the red alert status. His cause for the alert? In the soon-to-be released version of iOS, extracting data via the standard Apple…
There is lots to enjoy in this article by Doc Searls about what he calls “adtech”. To give you a brief explanation, it starts with this quote: In old-fashioned publishing, advertising was advertising; but in the digital world, advertising has been replaced by adtech, which is based on tracking and has become a cancer on…