How Digital Evidence Can be Obtained from Computers, Smartphones, and Social Media Platforms
By Anthony Diosdi Whether criminal or civil, digital evidence impacts just about all areas of the legal profession. This article is designed to provide attorneys and other legal professionals with an overview on how to obtain phone, social media, and other records. Hopefully this article will educate its readers on how digital evidence may be obtained from computers, cell phones, and social media platforms. This article will also discuss the proper forensic practices to preserve digital evidence.Creating and Storing Digital EvidenceWe will begin this article by talking about the creation of digital data or evidence and where digital data is stored. Digital data is created whenever someone sends an email, drafts a document on a computer or a portable device, makes a call on a smartphone, posts on social media,…