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Digital Forensics and Attribution

Techniques used to attribute online actions to real-world suspects, including IP logs, metadata, browser/device fingerprinting, and their limitations.

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Jan 27, 2026

How can investigators use metadata, IP logs, and browser fingerprinting to link online actions to suspects?

, metadata, and browser/device fingerprinting to build probabilistic links between online actions and real-world suspects rather than single, incontrovertible proof; and providers, and patterns, and f...