tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post7786977114404921687..comments2023-12-26T22:00:58.352-08:00Comments on InfoSec & Forensics Law: Text Message & Digital Photo/Image InvestigationsBenjamin Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-85174277612950806432012-09-17T18:44:33.969-07:002012-09-17T18:44:33.969-07:00Hey Mr B! Thanks for they reply!
Are you saying i...Hey Mr B! Thanks for they reply!<br /><br />Are you saying i should make a video documenting the correspondence of texts at w/e location i am receiving/send texts or documenting the photocopying at w/e location i am copying the text at? <br /><br />sorry words are better for me, the video can be interpreted many ways... lol<br /><br />thanks =) Jennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-17019733007389616002012-09-17T07:23:42.189-07:002012-09-17T07:23:42.189-07:00http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-m...http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-make-gotcha-video.htmlBenjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-41586697738858871902012-09-16T16:01:33.006-07:002012-09-16T16:01:33.006-07:00Hey Mr. B!
I was wondering if a actual PHOTOCOPY ...Hey Mr. B!<br /><br />I was wondering if a actual PHOTOCOPY of the phone displaying the txt message & showing the date, time, and phone # will work for evidence? <br /><br />My my carrier is a prepaid provider so they "cant" send a transcript understandably. And i agree that the email can be manipulated. <br /><br />So i have photocopied about 200 images of my phone displaying the actual text messages. How legit is this? <br /><br />The messages are legible as i had enlarged the image to fit just about the whole page and as i get a new text i just keep on photo copying... lol<br /><br />what do you think? thanks =)Jennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-1978870354908322712012-06-04T06:02:23.755-07:002012-06-04T06:02:23.755-07:00Dear Anonymous: Also, you may be wise to seek the...Dear Anonymous: Also, you may be wise to seek the assistance of a lawyer or government agency in your country.Benjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-78712236252694264292012-06-03T12:07:34.398-07:002012-06-03T12:07:34.398-07:00Dear Anonymous: Thank you for asking your questio...Dear Anonymous: Thank you for asking your question. I do not know the answer. The answer could be yes; the answer could be no. The answer may be very complex, and may depend on many different factors. <br /><br />There are many text message providers in the world. They behave differently, one to the next. The laws that apply to them are complex and sometimes confusing. --Ben WrightBenjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-80658376198875499642012-06-03T10:31:12.100-07:002012-06-03T10:31:12.100-07:00Dear Mr. Benjamin Wright:
Sir can I ask a questio...Dear Mr. Benjamin Wright:<br /><br />Sir can I ask a question. I am about to file an annulment to my husband. Lately, his text messages harrasing me. Then he have text messages that he told me he get my personal text messages from one of the network companies here in our country (Philippines). We are in democratic country. My question is his message his true? that the private Network companies here will give the my previous messages from my mobile number? I'm just curious because I read about telecommunication laws about the privacy of any text messages that will come and goes to the message center of my sponsored network. Please help me sir to understand. Because my ex husband said that the network give him the necessary documents without appealing to court and only one day he get that...it's just he's text message because he don't want me to file an annulment. Thanks and bes regards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-35341959690179022352012-04-06T07:22:07.289-07:002012-04-06T07:22:07.289-07:00Anonymous: I do not know the answer to your quest...Anonymous: I do not know the answer to your question, although maybe another reader does. Service providers like Tmobile are not always consistent in their behavior on these issues. Also, the behavior of a service provider may depend on (a) which court issued the order, (b) precisely what the order said, and (c) other factors. --BenBenjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-34334727815124075252012-04-05T23:06:21.043-07:002012-04-05T23:06:21.043-07:00So if my text messages were court ordered from 200...So if my text messages were court ordered from 2008 through Tmobile, only the date and times would be released, not the content of the message?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-75034007107660052372012-03-23T06:19:50.420-07:002012-03-23T06:19:50.420-07:00Anonymous: I don't know the answer to your qu...Anonymous: I don't know the answer to your question. Here's a mere guess: The kinds of records that are retained will vary from one phone to the next, from one carrier to the next and from one app to the next. Records on the phone itself are (my guess) more likely to contain specific browsing history. But maybe the carrier will have some of that information, and maybe the app maker/operator (like the browser maker/operator) will have some of that info. I don't know. Maybe some other readers here will know something specific.Benjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-84811578384091826852012-03-22T20:00:46.483-07:002012-03-22T20:00:46.483-07:00Dear Mr. Wright-
I have a question that I hope yo...Dear Mr. Wright-<br /><br />I have a question that I hope you might be able to answer. It is regarding requesting a subpoena for a person's cell phone records. If the records are acquired can you then determine and pinpoint if the phone user was web browsing at a specific point in time? Can you also determine exactly what web pages the person was viewing?<br /><br />Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-51233383856414306542012-02-24T16:36:10.925-08:002012-02-24T16:36:10.925-08:00They do keep photos though......They do keep photos though......Mizzloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12337283599022391314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-60182721212131337542012-02-24T16:35:24.259-08:002012-02-24T16:35:24.259-08:00T-mobile companies do not release any text message...T-mobile companies do not release any text messages without a warrant, and those are not stored anyway. For a serious crime a Warrant has to be issued for them...and it has to come from a judge.... All that is contained in the administrative subpoena is the numbers that called in and called out. unless a serious crime in under investigation ... the released records will not release any GPS info or Text messages. I just confirmed with tmobile legal so ...basically it.s a waste of time....all the person will see is the call logs....which if they were in contact themselves, and were not suppose to be .. they could end up incriminating themselves...because records will show the incoming calls too....i just found this out.Mizzloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12337283599022391314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-50589054494169818992012-02-09T11:54:45.878-08:002012-02-09T11:54:45.878-08:00Major Update 2012: New do-it-yourself video on ho...Major Update 2012: New do-it-yourself video on how to <a href="http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2012/02/preserve-text-message.html" rel="nofollow"><b>capture and preserve an important or legal</b></a>ly-significant text/cellphone message.Benjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-75062294452970839272012-02-06T10:19:03.710-08:002012-02-06T10:19:03.710-08:00I cannot comment on the specifics of your situatio...I cannot comment on the specifics of your situation. But sometimes police can issue a subpoena. Sometimes, certain other government officials (like the inspector general at government agency) who are conducting an investigation can issue a <a href="http://legal-beagle.typepad.com/wrights_legal_beagle/2010/01/subpoena-facebook.html" title="social media" rel="nofollow">subpoena</a>.Benjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-80459323249548199302012-02-06T06:03:59.872-08:002012-02-06T06:03:59.872-08:00Mr Wright,
I wanted to look back at some of my OW...Mr Wright, <br />I wanted to look back at some of my OWN texts but sprint is telling me I need a subpoena to receive them... Is it even possible to get a subpoena for your own records without filing some sort of case?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-27031909662830753802012-01-21T17:11:54.885-08:002012-01-21T17:11:54.885-08:00Depending on the case, it is very possible that po...Depending on the case, it is very possible that police would attempt to obtain phone records of a person who is not a suspect. The fact that a phone customer is not a suspect does not, in itself, prevent police from obtaining records under due process of law.Benjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-34791653424950394832012-01-21T03:09:13.417-08:002012-01-21T03:09:13.417-08:00How hard is it for police to obtain a subpoena for...How hard is it for police to obtain a subpoena for cell phone records? Would this only be used when the person is a suspect? How long does the process usually take?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-89802337855764365912012-01-18T06:02:26.273-08:002012-01-18T06:02:26.273-08:00My Jan 18, 2012 comment above was in response to a...My Jan 18, 2012 comment above was in response to an anonymous comment about retrieving deleted voice messages. I accidentally deleted the anonymous comment.Benjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-70892482451024929442012-01-18T05:56:12.870-08:002012-01-18T05:56:12.870-08:00Voice messages? I don't know. You may find s...Voice messages? I don't know. You may find some relevant information in the discussion about <a href="http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2011/07/sms-text-messages-recovery-from.html" title="cell phone ediscovery" rel="nofollow">records retained by mobile carriers</a>. If a voice message were saved on a mobile device, and then deleted from the device, a <a href="http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2007/09/endless-investigations.html" title="ediscovery trend" rel="nofollow">forensic expert</a> might be able to retrieve some or all of it. --BenBenjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-70587424615541126552012-01-16T10:42:46.298-08:002012-01-16T10:42:46.298-08:00The use of any piece of evidence in court depends ...The use of any piece of evidence in court depends on many factors (Is the evidence relevant? Can it be authenticated? Has it been tampered? Was it captured illegally? And so on.) However, good video evidence is often very powerful in legal proceedings. See tips on <a href="http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-make-gotcha-video.html" title="smartphone law" rel="nofollow">how to make good video evidence</a>. --BenBenjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-65316205576773276012012-01-16T09:25:52.424-08:002012-01-16T09:25:52.424-08:00Hi, can I use a video recording as evidence in co...Hi, can I use a video recording as evidence in court that the person who issued me a bounced check received my demand letter and notice of dishonor. I was able to record our meeting on my cellphone and is wondering if this can be used in court as evidence in case she denies receipt of the demand letterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-61889600663432541892011-06-23T08:59:13.487-07:002011-06-23T08:59:13.487-07:00If my ex and his mother (through a sworn affidavit...If my ex and his mother (through a sworn affidavit) quoted my mother from text messages in my custody case, can we produce the entire text conversation as a defense to their false allegations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-72637020497723534152011-06-13T22:29:53.634-07:002011-06-13T22:29:53.634-07:00How can you turn text messages which you received ...How can you turn text messages which you received into court evidence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-5453745446206722262011-03-04T09:14:13.788-08:002011-03-04T09:14:13.788-08:00Fish: Thank you for your comment. I don't kn...Fish: Thank you for your comment. I don't know the answers to your questions, except this: Generally speaking, if records exist, such as in the hands of a service provider, methods are available for causing those records to be produced for legal proceedings. Those methods are not always easy to invoke.Benjamin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543639411820745571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938493123269026698.post-41849767587560510522011-03-03T20:12:44.899-08:002011-03-03T20:12:44.899-08:00Mr. Wright, as part of a research assignment I'...Mr. Wright, as part of a research assignment I'm trying to find out if the cell providers store the content of multimedia messages (photo/video/etc.) in the same manner as texts? May these items be subpoenaed and reproduced in a legal proceeding? Is the period of storage by the provider regulated by the FCC or is it set by the providers themselves?Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626973375886519485noreply@blogger.com