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Impediments in Mobile Forensics
Abstract
In this digital era, the usage of mobile phones in daily life has become inextricable due to the facilities and the level of sophistication it offers. Proportionately, the crimes and offenses involving the mobile devices are growing in rapid speed. Whenever a crime occurs in a spot, the forensic team will arrive there to identify and locate the evidence of the criminals. If the crime involves digital equipment like computers and laptop, then digital forensic team will investigate and analyze the devices for digital evidence collection. These days, mobile phones have the capability to offer any kind of information and services digitally on top of the palm of the user. Anything is available on the hands with a single touch on the screen of the mobile devices. It also offers to the adversaries many digital services which are harmful to the societies. The fast-paced advancement in the digital front paves the way for many digital crimes. Hence, a new field, mobile forensics, emerges out to trace the evidence, but it faces many challenges due to the dynamic nature of the digital technologies.
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Globally, the extensive use of smartphone devices has led to an increase in storage and transmission of enormous volumes of data that could be potentially be used as digital evidence in a forensic investigation. Digital evidence can sometimes be difficult to extract from these devices given the various versions and models of smartphone devices in the market. Forensic analysis of smartphones to extract digital evidence can be carried out in many ways, however, prior knowledge of smartphone forensic tools is paramount to a successful forensic investigation. In this paper, the authors outline challenges, limitations and reliability issues faced when using smartphone device forensic tools and accompanied forensic techniques. The main objective of this paper is intended to be consciousness-raising than suggesting best practices to these forensic work challenges.
(PDF) Smartphone Forensic Challenges. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336221775_Smartphone_Forensic_Challenges [accessed Aug 08 2021].
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