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Having worked for a computer forensic software company I can tell you that these days they most likely don't have to contract it out even... It's cheap enough
by phuff 16y ago
Having worked for a computer forensic software company I can tell you that these days they most likely don't have to contract it out even... It's cheap enough that a lot of departments have people on staff who can recover data easily from all kinds of devices.
- gst 16y agoIf you use the SIM cards SMS storage (on a GSM phone) it's not that trivial to obtain the PIN. However, it's very likely that your mobile provider is able to gain access to the card (e.g., by using the PUK code to reset your PIN code). Other means would be to use an application such as TextSecure (for Android) that uses public key encryption to immediately enrypt all incoming SMS and that requires a password to unlock the private key needed to decrypt the SMS. In the long-term what I'm waiting for is some open-source Android fork that provides full-root encryption using LUKS. This should suffice in preventing others from reading your messages.
- naner 16y agoDigital data is easy to fake, though. Wouldn't it be more prudent to have the analysis done by a third party?