Intorduction
Over the last decade, the computer hard drive has been
the main point of data storage and therefore the key source of
electronic evidence for investigations and litigation. This has
changed rapidly in recent years with the rapid growth of new data
storage technologies, such as smart phones, tablet devices and of
course 'cloud' storage.
In this article, Daniel Walton, a Forensic Technology
manager in our Sydney office, discusses potential new sources of
electronic evidence, and some examples of their use in our Forensic
Technology team's recent work.
A new digital landscape
Recently there has been a huge explosion in the number of
personal electronic devices, triggered by the rapid increase in
mobile phone technology and rising internet speeds. Nearly everyone
now has a smartphone, with almost their entire lives stored on it,
making these devices and internet access the new 'basic human
need' (see the image below).
