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Digital forensics and evidence verification

The process of verifying the authenticity of digital evidence, including text messages, through technical means such as metadata analysis and chain-of-custody documentation.

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Jan 18, 2026

What technical evidence (downloads, browser cache, metadata) do prosecutors rely on to prove possession?

Prosecutors rely on a constellation of technical artifacts—file downloads and contents, browser and search histories, system and file metadata, cryptographic hashes, and log data—paired with documente...

Jan 10, 2026

In csam or grooming cases is a device not being found during a search warrant or a device being gone usually going to severely weaken a case for prosecution

When a purported CSAM or grooming case lacks a physical device seized under warrant, prosecutors lose a powerful, often central piece of direct digital evidence—but that absence is not automatically f...