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Over on Quora, a user asks the following question: "Are there enough digital and/or analog difference in individual cameras/houses/lenses that photos will have fingerprint of sorts? When, or in what circumstance could a photograph be linked not only to a lens/house model or manufacturer but to one specific camera, distinguished from any other camera of the same model?" Essentially, can you

Here's an interesting article on the impact of surveillance. "... For lawyers, large-scale surveillance has created concerns about their ability to meet their professional responsibilities to maintain confidentiality of information related to their clients. Failure to meet those responsibilities can result in discipline through professional organizations, or even lawsuits. Lawyers also rely on

This just in from Forensic Focus, "In this article we’ll describe the complete workflow for image and video forensics. In fact, just like computer forensics is not only simply copying and looking at files, forensic video analysis is broad and complex and there are many steps that are commonly missed and rarely taken into account. It can be quite overwhelming if we think of all the tasks related

It looks like Spready's taken a road trip to IFSEC 2014. His follow-up post is an excellent review of the issues that face us all. Check it out here.

I recently received a head's up about an open letter written by an LE commander for whom I used to work. This letter has stirred up some strong emotions and heated comments. You can read the letter, so without speaking to the specifics of his allegations, it does raise some very interesting questions for LE agency laboratories. If politics and personalities can (allegedly) make their way into

Discs and drives just keep getting bigger and cheaper. You can now get a 64gb card for your phone or camera for less than $30. Pop quiz: if you do a physical acquisition of a 64gb drive / card, how much storage will you need for the resulting file? Bonus question, how will you share / distribute the results? Next question, how long will it take to acquire that file? If you're moving 64gb

There's an interesting conversation going on over at New Tactics in Human Rights about using video as evidence. Here's the question that kicked it off: Welcome to the discussion! We want to start this discussion by exploring what we mean by "evidence" and why it's important in seeking justice. Consider these questions below when sharing your comments in this discussion topic: The term evidence