IPhone Tantalizes, Frustrates Forensics Experts

Technophiles may love the iPhone, but you criminals? Watch out. The iPhone may reveal more about your misdeeds than you realize. Wired reports via we-make-money-not-art.com/del.icio.us.

"...Will its data favor the defense or the prosecution? "There is more information in there than your average cell phone," explains Derrick Donnelly, chief technology officer of Blackbag Technologies. "The ease of use lends itself to more use … and more use creates more artifacts."

But not every forensics expert is convinced. It's not easy for a forensics team to guarantee that the data extracted from an iPhone has not been tampered with. The result is that juries may find reasonable doubt in how that data was extracted.

The digital-forensics industry is dominated by PC experts, mirroring the larger percentage of PC users in the marketplace. Mac forensic analysis is considered a highly specialized service."

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