Research Article
Results of Field Testing Mobile Phone Shielding Devices
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-35515-8_5, author={Eric Katz and Richard Mislan and Marcus Rogers and Anthony Smith}, title={Results of Field Testing Mobile Phone Shielding Devices}, proceedings={Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime. Third International ICST Conference, ICDF2C 2011, Dublin, Ireland, October 26-28, 2011, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={ICDF2C}, year={2012}, month={12}, keywords={Mobile phones forensics shielding radio isolation thesis}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-35515-8_5} }- Eric Katz
Richard Mislan
Marcus Rogers
Anthony Smith
Year: 2012
Results of Field Testing Mobile Phone Shielding Devices
ICDF2C
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35515-8_5
Abstract
This paper is based on thesis research from the authors. Mobile phones are increasingly a source of evidence in criminal investigations. The evidence on a phone is volatile and can easily be overwritten or deleted. There are many devices that claim to radio isolate a phone in order to preserve evidence. There has been little published research on how well these devices work in the field despite the escalating importance of mobile phone forensics. The purpose of this study was to identify situations where the devices used to protect evidence on mobile phones can fail. These devices were tested using mobile phones from three of the largest services providers in the U.S. Calls were made to contact the isolated phones using voice, SMS, and MMS at varying distances from the provider’s towers. In the majority of the test cases the phones were not isolated from their networks.