Private Until Presumed Guilty

The Ubiquity of Mobile Device Forensics

Law enforcement agencies routinely utilize advanced forensic extraction hardware and software (such as Cellebrite and GrayKey) to acquire full filesystem dumps from seized smartphones.

Auditing Forensic Extraction Reports

Allison Young and Diane Akerman review real-world digital forensic reports, exposing common analytical errors, misattributed timestamps, and context stripping during automated evidence parsing.

Fourth Amendment Realities in Digital Searches

Analyzing broad digital search warrants reveals the widening gap between traditional Fourth Amendment particularity requirements and the unrestrained extraction of cloud and local device data.

Technical Defenses and Evidentiary Scrutiny

The speakers urge defense attorneys and security researchers to rigorously scrutinize forensic tool outputs, challenge overbroad warrants, and advocate for strict digital privacy standards.