In the sexy but increasingly scary world of smartphone forensics, insiders have a name for all the personal information purposely or unknowingly stored inside that iPhone or Android or Blackberry in your pocket.
They call it your “digital fingerprints.”
With the right tools and physical access to your smartphone, anyone can tap into the private details of your life: texts, photos, tweets, Facebook ramblings, doctor’s appointments, favorite hiking trails, and maybe even what you had for dinner last night at that little French bistro on the corner.
“You can find out everything about someone from their smartphone,” said Amber Schroader, owner of Paraben of Pleasant Grove, Utah, which makes forensic software for investigators and the general public. “You can see their YouTube videos, the websites they’ve surfed, their pictures. People are addicted to their cell phones, so this is the freshest and most valuable information available about someone.”
While wireless companies and others have long been able to track the locations of phones remotely, it’s unclear what other information they may be able to access remotely. But forensics investigators have long known that a treasure trove of biographical data can be gleaned when they have physical access to handheld devices.
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Source: sunherald.com
By: Patrick May & Troy Wolverton
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