Research Article
Retruth Reconnaissance: A Digital Forensic Analysis of Truth Social
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-031-56580-9_6, author={Joseph Brown and Ibrahim Baggili}, title={Retruth Reconnaissance: A Digital Forensic Analysis of Truth Social}, proceedings={Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime. 14th EAI International Conference, ICDF2C 2023, New York City, NY, USA, November 30, 2023, Proceedings, Part I}, proceedings_a={ICDF2C}, year={2024}, month={4}, keywords={Digital forensics Mobile network Artifacts Alternative social media Truth Social}, doi={10.1007/978-3-031-56580-9_6} }- Joseph Brown
Ibrahim Baggili
Year: 2024
Retruth Reconnaissance: A Digital Forensic Analysis of Truth Social
ICDF2C
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-56580-9_6
Abstract
Truth Social is a social media platform founded by former President Donald J. Trump as an alternative to mainstream social media platforms. Like other alt-tech social media, such as Parler or MeWe, Truth Social’s looser content moderation rules may encourage more extreme user-based content. This includes biased language- posts with racist, sexist, ableist, or other discriminatory intent- and calls for violence. Digital forensic analysis can be useful in such cases, where law enforcement seeks to prevent or investigate extremist threats associated with a platform. This research fills a gap in the extant literature by offering a novel forensic analysis of Truth Social, based on established techniques. First, using mobile devices, account and application metadata was discovered. Next, network traffic analysis using a desktop computer revealed plaintext usernames and passwords. A detailed depiction of the forensic analysis performed for this paper is presented to aid future investigators.
