What is End-to-End Encryption End-to-end encryption provides a system of communication that permits only the sender and the recipient of a message from reading the content of it. In order to decrpyt the messages requires a cryptographic key that is automatically held by the sender and the recipient involved in the discussion and no one […]
iPhone Photodata Thumbnails
When an image is stored to an Apple iOS device, including an iPhone, iPad or iPod, it is stored within a folder named DCIM (Digital Camera IMages). Images can also be stored to this folder automatically by applications, such as WhatsApp. When images are stored to the DCIM folder and the folder is browsed by […]
.Thumbnails Android DCIM Folder
What is the DCIM Folder DCIM is an abbreviation of Digital Camera IMages and is the name of a folder that is automatically created on the memory cards within most digital cameras as well as on most (if not all) mobile phones where the user is able to capture and store photographs. The DCIM folder […]
Napster – The First Mainstream Peer to Peer Service
The Origins of Napster Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker starter Napster in 1999 and provided a free application for download that allowed users to download and share music files with others. What Napster Provided and It’s Popularity It was one of the first peer-to-peer applications where a user could search, find and download music for […]
Mobile Phone Forensics – Apple iPhone
An Overview – Mobile Phone Forensics Mobile Phone forensics has grown massively in the last 15 years, even more so that computer based forensics, as almost every person carries one and communicates frequently with it via a variety of different methods including social media, SMS, video and voice calls. A phone can be used to […]