Section 1.
1. What are the different roles of mobile devices in crime?
2. What problems do prepaid phones pose to investigators?
3. What is mobile phone cloning?
4. Which kinds of evidence can be retrieved from mobile phones and PDAs?
Section 2.
Mobile devices have been the objectives of crimes (target), utilized to commit crimes (tool), and held evidence of crimes (incidental). Conduct an online search for a case not described in this chapter where a mobile device was involved in a criminal or civil investigation.
1. Name and reference the case that you discovered.
2. What were some of the case's facts?
3. What was the specific role(s) of the device in the investigation?
Section 3.
1. New mobile devices are constantly being introduced. How does this ever-changing market affect the work of a forensic investigator? Is there a solution?
2. In this and previous chapters, different electronic devices were considered. What do these devices have in common, in a forensic sense? How are they different?
3. Is the forensic analysis of mobile devices easier or more complex than computer forensic analyses? Explain why.