How intimately does your mobile phone know you?
Our mobile phones probably know us a lot better than even our best friends. These days mobile phone are designed to hold a wealth of features, applications and tools each of which can give an intimate insight into our lives.
This is great if you are using it as a convenient means of keeping in touch, playing games, browsing the web, creating and sharing documents and navigating from a to b. However, in the wrong hands the information contained on mobile devices can be extremely valuable.
For instance, what could a business competitor tell from the data held on your phone? Apart from the numbers of those nearest and dearest to you your contact list probably holds details of work colleagues, professional contacts and clients. As well as a history of who you spoke to and when. A quick glance at your contacts could easily tell them who you have been talking to to either win new business, plan joint ventures or even hint at takeover bids. Information that could then be used or leaked to scupper planned development or growth of the business.
Not only that but content of emails and accompanying attachments could provide hard evidence that could be easily copied or forwarded to interested parties. Browsing history might show research into product development, forays into new markets and give access to secure sites.
Taking a look at the GPS function of the phone will also give prying eyes a picture of where you have been and when. Calender events offer a further insight into what you did once you got there.
So as you can see, keeping your mobile secure, conducting regular housekeeping of old files and data and password protecting confidential areas are important to maintaining the privacy of your information.
Conversely this wealth of data is precisely the kind of information used not only by criminals but to also catch criminals. Mobile phone forensics is being increasingly used as an additional means of finding data that incriminates suspected criminals. A forensic investigation of a mobile device involves it being interrogated and analysed to find and extract digital artefacts. This could be used to stand as evidence in a court of law.
Even devices where information is believed to be deleted or hidden are no match for professional forensic investigators. Specialist software and techniques are used delve into the hidden depths of the phones memory. Expert investigators know the latest tricks and techniques to ensure nothing remains hidden.
About the Author
QCC Information Services are experienced mobile phone forensics experts. They can analyse handsets from most of the major networks and manufacturers, recover lost or deleted data from mobile phones and provide specialist advice and witness services.
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