Saturday, August 18, 2007

Digital Forensics: Detective Work at it’s Best

Years ago, if you suspected that a loved one was cheating on you, you could call the cell phone company and get a list of all the calls he or she made. It wasn’t too hard to get your hands on cell phone records back then. Today, with new legislation passed, the only way to find this information is to be the owner of the phone and able to probe it. So what can be done you ask?

Digital forensics is the idea of taking apart a cell phone, blackberry, trio or palm pilot and finding what’s inside. Your cheating spouse or cheating employee might think they’re off the hook when they click the “delete” button but are in for a surprise. Today’s technology, digital forensics can exam information such as deleted text messages, pictures, caller ID numbers, and address book entries. Even deleted pictures can be retrieved. This is especially helpful if you have a damaged phone with valuable information. Phone fell in the toilet? All is not lost!

Timelines, link analysis, tower location analysis, call records and other information can be retrieved easily and affordably. There is no end to the possibilities. Another new technology breakthrough is to give your spouse or employee a phone installed with GPS. This new technology can track their every move and is perfectly legal. These tools can be used for identity theft, infidelity, and other crimes. There is no reason not to order digital forensics. Most services will return your phone back to you on the same day it was received. Your spouse will think he just misplaced his phone and you will have the evidence you need for court!

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Friday, June 22, 2007

EmailRevealer.com in the News

There was a blurb about us in the local papers:

Computer Forensics in 2007

Everyone that has watched an episode of CSI knows all about Computer forensics. They know that even if you delete a threatening email it's still on your computer and can be retrieved through computer forensics. In fact if you're a big fan of these TV shows and the A&E true crime documentaries you would think that crime scene investigators could recreate your online activity even if your PC has gone through Hurricane Katrina. Maybe that's just a bit of artistic license but is it?There's a growing trend in digital forensics that you don't see on TV but it's being used increasingly by real life crime scene investigators and that's "Hand Held Digital Forensics" Now they can take a cellular phone, Palm Pilot or PDA and uncover all the deleted text messages, pictures or address book entries. they can even recover caller Id and ring tones. But this technology is not just limited to murder investigations by the elite CSI division of major police dept's in Miami or NYC. It's available to the average soccer mom that is suspicious about her husbands activity after his trip to that Las Vegas convention. We spoke with Ed Opperman Pres of Accurate Information Recovery Inc based in Las Vegas. He also owns and operates Emailrevealer.com a web site devoted to catching cyber stalkers and cheating spouses. "You would be shocked at what we can uncover in just a few minutes of examining a cell phone. Deleted pics from strip joints and bachelor parties are something we see everyday"I guess what happens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

U.S. Internet defamation suit tests online anonymity

It bills itself as the world's "most prestigious college discussion board," giving a glimpse into law school admissions policies, post-graduate social networking and the hiring practices of major law firms.
But the AudoAdmit site, widely used by law students for information on schools and firms, is also known as a venue for racist and sexist remarks and career-damaging rumors.
Now it's at the heart of a defamation lawsuit that legal experts say could test the anonymity of the Internet.
After facing lewd comments and threats by posters, two women at Yale Law School filed a suit on June 8 in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut, that includes subpoenas for 28 anonymous users of the site, which has generated more than 7 million posts since 2004.
According to court documents, a user on the site named "STANFORDtroll" began a thread in 2005 seeking to warn Yale students about one of the women in the suit, entitled "Stupid Bitch to Enter Yale Law." Another threatened to rape and sodomize her, the documents said.
The plaintiff, a respected Stanford University graduate identified only as "Doe I" in the lawsuit, learned of the Internet attack in the summer of 2005 before moving to Yale in Connecticut. The posts gradually became more menacing.
Some posts made false claims about her academic record and urged users to warn law firms, or accused her of bribing Yale officials to gain admission and of forming a lesbian relationship with a Yale administrator, the court papers said.
The plaintiff said she believes the harassing remarks, which lasted nearly two years, cost her an important summer internship. After interviewing with 16 firms, she received only four call-backs and ultimately had zero offers -- a result considered unusual given her qualifications.
Another woman, identified as Doe II, endured similar attacks. The two, who say they suffered substantial "psychological and economic injury," also sued a former manager of the site because he refused to remove disparaging messages. The manager had cited free-speech protections.
LIFTING THE MASK
"The harassment they were subjected to was quite grotesque," said Brian Leiter, a professor at University of Texas Law School. "Any judge who looks at this is going to be really shocked, and particularly shocked because these appear to be law students."
The suit is being watched closely to see if the posters are unmasked, a step that could make anonymous chat room users more circumspect. It also underlines the growing difficulty of protecting reputations online as the Web is used increasingly to screen prospective employees and romantic partners.
"They can't hide behind anonymity while they are saying these scurrilous and menacing things," said Eugene Volokh, a professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles.
He said the site was not liable under federal protections that are more lenient on Web sites than TV and newspapers. Prosecuting the manager could also be difficult because he did not write the posts, Volokh added. But the anonymous posters look liable and their careers could be jeopardized, he said.
"This ought to be a warning to be people that if you say things that are not just rude but arguably libelous and potentially threatening and perhaps actionable on those grounds then their identity might be unmasked," he said.
Finding and identifying the posters -- including one called "The Ayatollah of Rock-n-Rollah" -- could be tough but is not impossible. The process involves subpoenas issued to Internet Service Providers for records, and then more subpoenas to companies, institutions or people identified on those records.
"I've said in my blog the most vile posters on that board are two subpoenas away from being outed," said Leiter. "This led to much amusement by the anonymous posters on the board.
"But they are about to find out that this is how it works."
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Thursday, June 7, 2007

Defamation and Libel on the Internet

On the Internet, where abnormal behavior is the status quo, temperscan flare in the heat of debate and word wars can last for days oreven weeks. It's not uncommon for users to ridicule, harass or insultthose who disagree with them.This is common in chat rooms and message boards. It's a well known problem on Usenet.But if you damage someone's reputation by trying to embarrass them ina public forum, you could be sued for libel or defamation. After all,there's no reason to assume that the messages you send throughcyberspace are immune from lawsuits.
There have only been a handful of libel and defamation lawsuits filedinvolving the Internet so far, but as the Net grows, the number oflawsuits will probably increase. If the few court battles that havebeen decided involving libel and defamation on the Net are anyindication of how the law will be applied to the Internet in thefuture, it's worth your time to learn what's libelous or defamatory onthe Internet and what's not.
One problem is the misconception of complete anonymity on the Internet. Most people believe that they can hide behind a screen name or email address. But this is not true. It is possible for a private investigator with the right training and experience to track down and identify these Internet terrorists and provide you with enough information to take the appropriate legal action.

the trained investigators at www.Emailrevealer.com are specialists in locating and identifying these cyber stalkers and those that engage in unlawful activity like libel and defamation.

Saturday, April 28, 2007

5 Ways To Tell If Your Partner Is Cheating On You

Do you suspect a bit of infidelity in your relationship? I wouldn’t be surprised as most people will have been on the receiving end of this at some time of their life. Do you know what is worse than having someone be unfaithful to you and finding out? Not knowing when the person is…
There is nothing worse in a relationship than mistrust, so you need to handle the problem quickly before the loving relationship you had starts to crumble. You know what I mean, if you mistrust someone then they can sense it and you treat them differently, in the end this turns to anger and resentment from both people involved and the relationship is dead in the water. So how can you tell? How can you back up your gut instinct and be sure enough to confront your partner? Well here I will discuss 5 ways you can glean some more information.
Sign #1:
A distance forms between you. Some couple are open and close, others are not, but either way there will be times when you confide in each other and turn to each other for support. You may notice that at times they would usually talk to you then they are less forthcoming, maybe when they were stressed they would come to you, or when they were upset. This is usually because they are trying not to be as open with you as they feel less of a connection due to guilt.
Sign #2:
Buys new things that are either out of character for them, or the act of buying new things is odd. Some people get into the habit of having the same clothes and perfumes/aftershaves etc and rarely buy new things. If that same person then suddenly decides to go out and get an array of new clothes you should be suspicious of their motives (could be a spring clean, but you need to check!). Equally, if you partner is always very reserved in their choices and suddenly they start to buy more risqué clothes, or even the other way round, then you need to check for the other signs to see if something is going on.
Sign #3:
They become more defensive and quick to anger. Guilt gnaws away at you from inside, and often innocent comments like, ‘Did you take the remote control?’ can trigger that guilt and they respond in an out of character manner. If they seem to think you are accusing them all the time then there may be a reason behind that…
Sign #4:
Being too nice. Remember to only look for behaviour that is out of the ordinary, if your partner is always nice and does nice things for you then this sign may not be noticeable. Again this stems from guilty feelings, in an attempt to assuage their guilt then they overcompensate by being overly nice to you, almost as if they can ‘offset’ the negative act of infidelity with a positive. If you start to get your favourite food all the time and gifts then that should raise some flags in your psyche.
Sign #5:
Unusual or unusually high usage of mobile phones/email/the internet.
Recent surveys show that 30% ofpeople posting online personal ads are married.
In Let's face it, if you are involved with someone then you tend to want to contact them all the time when you are away from them. Even the most inept unfaithful partner in the world knows that constantly meeting person is going to get you caught, so what do they do? They resort to more passive communication methods. You will know the normal usage levels for your partner on the phone and internet, if you see that rising then try to drag them away, if they get defensive and angry… you may be on to something.
So what do you do next? If you see enough signs then you may be justified to confront them, but only if you are sure, being wrong would probably mean the end of the relationship anyway. Or you could hire a Private Investigator, these professionals are skilled in tracking and tracing people both online and offline. Did you know that you can have a search done for the email address of your partner on hundreds of dating websites at once? Or trace back that dodgy email and find out who the face behind the screen is? How about tracking that unknown number back to source?
You can even take that cell phone or Blackberry and retrieve all the deleted text messages and photos using a service called Hand Held Digital Forensics.
Then with evidence in hand you can make an informed decision and get your life back on track.
Ed
Tracing Staff
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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Are you a victim of cyber-bullying?

It is funny, in a sad way, that no matter what form of communication we use people can find negative uses for it and find ways to make other peoples lives hell. Now with the 'always on' world that we live in it is becoming increasingly easy for people to get to you for good and bad purposes.

Maybe it is the apparent anonymity of text messages, emails and chatrooms that has fuelled the sharp increase in cyber-bullying in recent years? I mean in a face to face situation the person usually has to have some power over you, being bigger than you, being higher up in an organisation, or being in company when you are not. All those are situations where a bully will start to emerge and stalk their prey, but behind the electronic shield of modern communications then it could be a 11 year old child who is bullying an adult!

Yes that's right, it is not just children who are victims of cyber-bullying, adults are just as susceptible if not more (due to adults having accumulated more problems they want to take out on people). A recent survey by i-SAFE inc shows 42% of kids have been bullied online and 58% of kids have been subjected to hurtful communications online, so the figure for adults may be even higher…

So what can you do? Nobody should be subjected to any sort of harassment in my opinion and should not even have to try and avoid it, but if you do need to then there are methods you can use.
The first technique is to change your details, change your email address, change your chatroom name, change your mobile number or house phone number, this should prevent that person from contacting you. Of course they can identify you again, from your messages, or try and find out your new home number etc, even worse, they could spread malicious information about you all over the internet in frustration.

The second technique is to try and get some official sources involved. Contact the chatroom owners, if the perpetrator contacts you via email go to their email provider or internet service provider, even better, go to the police! Of course none of these may be able to, or be willing to help, so in steps technique number three…

The third technique is to fight them on their own ground, did you know you can hire a Private Investigator to trace email addresses, phone numbers, even identify withheld or blocked numbers that keep calling you? With that information in hand you can then set about getting the police involved or just take away their anonymity, if you let them know that you are aware they live just three doors up from you then they will probably stop for good!

You either fight or flee, either way can work, but do not let the bullying continue by stubbornly refusing to let it affect your life and change your details or seek help, the psychological strain is just not worth it.
Ed
Tracing Staff
www.EmailRevealer.com

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Are you missing a friend or loved one?

Are you missing a friend or loved one?
Have you ever fallen out of contact with someone and then when you tried to find them again there wasn't a trace of their existence? This can happen all the time, sometimes people don't want you to contact them and they cover their tracks, sometimes people go missing, sometimes events accidentally brush over the tracks of their travels leaving it impossible to find them. You know people go missing all the time so do not think it is impossible, figures show in the USA alone then the number of missing persons per year has risen from approximately 150,000 in 1980 to 900,000 by 2006. That is a possible 900,000 heartbroken families a year!
So what can you do? If it is a straight missing person case (i.e. you wake up one day and find they have gone) then go straight to the police, but if you just lost touch… well the police will not be interested. That is where the internet steps in, the internet has made the world a smaller place, you can search for names, phone numbers, wade through all manner of records kept online looking for clues. You can even search yourself if the person just vanished one day, there is only so much the police can do when they are handling so many cases, anything you can do to help will aid their efforts.
The only problem with that is that although the internet has made the world a smaller place, it made the amount of information around us positively explode! Just how do you find anything useful when there could be millions of people with that surname? You could search for things on the web from now until the day you die and still not scratch the surface – but all is not lost. As with most things then you should call in professionals, people who are trained and licensed to get you the information that you want, that's right, hire a Private Investigator.
Did you know you can give them just a social security number and get a name and address back within 24 hours? For just a few dollars more you can get multiple addresses, possible aliases and relatives for the last 10 years! You can give a previous address and name and get all that detail as well or give an unlisted phone number at get the address back, all for the cost of a meal at your favourite restaurant.
It makes sense to me to save your time for working out what to say to them when you find them again, rather than trying to find a needle in a haystack, leave that for someone with a magnet…
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