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5 Reasons Metadata Can’t Prove Your Photo—Or Any File—Is Real
Digital evidence authentication faces a growing crisis as metadata, once a key indicator, proves increasingly unreliable.
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Digital Evidence
How digital evidence works and when it holds up: authentication, admissibility, expert testimony and the device-level forensics behind proof.
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Screenshots of text messages are easy to fake
Text message screenshots are unreliable as legal evidence. Easily faked even before generative AI.
AI Evidence
5 Reasons Metadata Can't Prove Your Photo—Or Any File—Is Real
Metadata was never proof. It is an envelope written in pencil, and every new app and upload pipeline hands someone else an eraser.
Cell Phone Forensics
Message Screenshots Are Terrible Evidence—Courts Accept Them Anyway
A digital forensics expert on why screenshots of text messages prove almost nothing, what carrier records and backups miss and when only the smartphone can answer.
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digital forensics, deepfakes, and the death of trust in visual evidence
A claims adjuster reviews damage photos. A detective examines cell phone video. A family law attorney presents screenshots in a custody hearing. None of them can confirm with certainty that what they're looking at is real.
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Real Video Forensics vs. Hollywood Magic
Video evidence can only be enhanced so much - too much and you create artifacts that do not exist in the original footage.
AI Evidence
Judges Approve Search Warrants At Alarming Speeds, Study Finds
Police can get permission to search your property faster than you can order coffee, study finds.
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Digital Evidence is Volatile and Fragile
Digital evidence is volatile and fragile. Volatile, meaning easily changed. Fragile, meaning easily destroyed. Your case is only as good as your collection. Fail to respect this truth and risk losing before it begins.
AI Evidence
How These ‘Super Phone Bills’ Can Prove You’re Lying In Court
Call detail records reveal your historic location, communication, and activity—here's how.
AI Evidence
Comics Help Jurors Understand Forensic Testimony, New Study Finds
Comics could be the answer to clarifying forensic testimony for jurors—here's why.
AI Evidence
Justin Baldoni Vs. Blake Lively: Metadata Mystery Fuels Legal Showdown With The New York Times
Baldoni’s amended lawsuit alleges that metadata shows the New York Times began preparing its article weeks before Lively filed her formal complaint.
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AI Expert Witness Excluded By Judge Because His Report Contained Faked Citations
In a twist that perfectly encapsulates the risks of artificial intelligence in the courtroom, on Jan. 10th, a Stanford professor hired as an expert witness in a lawsuit about AI-generated deepfakes had his testimony thrown out after it was revealed…
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