Media Recycling in the FAT File System
I recently was asked to look at specific findings of other forensic experts related to the “recovery of deleted flies.” Another expert found specific behavior highly suspicious, but after a careful review, I concluded that this was more an artifact of how file systems recycle media. In this post, I will walk through my logic in hopes… Read More »Media Recycling in the FAT File System
Why Daylight Savings Time Matters
Recently I expressed being unsure of what someone meant when they indicated a meeting time relative to “EST.” I explained that EST is not the same as EDT, and since I’m not in either of those time zones, I suspected they said EST when they meant EDT. They accused me of being “pedantic.” They are right: the type of forensic analysis that… Read More »Why Daylight Savings Time Matters
Blockchain: Fad for Innovative Technology?
Recently, I wrote about how blockchains work. However, I did not really delve into what it is good for? Maybe the answer is (like war) absolutely nothing! As is so often the case in the real world, the truth is somewhere in-between. Blockchain solves a specific, real problem. However, it has also become a shiny new buzzword and… Read More »Blockchain: Fad for Innovative Technology?
I have been working in distributed systems for decades. The fundamental problem when we have multiple active sources of information is finding a way to achieve consensus – agreement about what has happened. The simplest way to reach a consensus is to have one decision-maker. If there is only a single source of “truth” as… Read More »Blockchain as understood from an Expert
Recently one of my clients contacted me and asked about what I know concerning “determining authorship.” I pointed out that I have a published paper on the subject (Plagiarism Reduction). An integral part of doing that work was learning how the tools we use to detect plagiarism actually work. But, of course, my work was… Read More »Effective Mechanisms for Authorship Determination