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Also, computer forensics is ALL ABOUT dealing with fucked up data in bizarre formats (if the design of the format doesn't make it bizarre, the baffling habits o
by contextfree 15y ago
Also, computer forensics is ALL ABOUT dealing with fucked up data in bizarre formats (if the design of the format doesn't make it bizarre, the baffling habits of its users and provenance of the data will).
- raganwald 15y agoTrue, but isn't it important as an expert witness to state the degree of confidence you have in the evidence you give? I suspect the problem here is that the US system of having high-priced professional expert witnesses gives the witnesses a massive incentive to overstate their confidence. "Oh, yes, absolutely she did a Google search for chloroform 84 times, I'm certain of it, I'd stake my reputation on that." Who says that in a murder trial and sleeps soundly at night?
- contextfree 15y agoDefinitely. But in my experience (I used to work in this industry) the reality is much sketchier than most of the industry lets on. There are long chains of subcontractors involved, and there were many points where I or any other low-paid employee (at the time, I was making $12 an hour, though my time was being billed out to the client at $150 an hour) could've easily tampered with or falsified data (and no, I never actually did this), despite a lot of security theater and data integrity theater.