Easy access to social media platforms opens a door for a new type of bullying. It is estimated that 73% of students feel that they have been harassed in their lives and 44% say they have been harassed during the last 30 days. These online interactions are mostly productive however, the online interactions have resulted in increased number of bullying, threatening, and humiliating others as well. įor most teenagers, the most popular usage of mobile phone is socializing. According to the Digital 2020 Global Overview, the usage of social media has increased by 12 percent from 2019 and 99 percent of that surge was due to smartphone apps. During the last 12 months, the use of social media has continuously increased by 1 million every day. The use of social media apps has witnessed a momentous surge, and they are being used by people of all age groups, by businesses, academia, media, hacktivists, law enforcement agencies (LEAs), and even terrorist organizations for a wide variety of purposes. Smartphones enable users to enjoy a comfortable internet experience by browsing, emailing, and staying connected through different social media apps. From being a prized possession, they have become an outright need as they are used for a lot more than just calls and messages. Smartphones have gone through a progressive advancement over the last two decades.
Finally, we analyzed the tools on the basis of their ability to extract digital evidences from the device and their performance are examined with respect to NIST standards. This useful data can easily be recovered by forensic analysts for future examination of any crime situation. From the results of these experiments, a considerable amount of essential data was successfully extracted from the examined smartphone. Data extraction and analysis are carried out using three tools, i.e., Magnet AXIOM, XRY, and Autopsy. The essential motivation behind the examination and tests is to find whether the data resides within the internal storage of the device or not after using these social networking apps.
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This research is aimed at performing forensic investigation of five social networking apps, i.e., Instagram, LINE, Whisper, WeChat, and Wickr on Android smart phones. Many of such crimes are carried out through social networking apps therefore, the forensic analysis of allegedly involved digital devices in crime scenes and social apps installed on them can be helpful in resolving criminal investigations. This momentous usage has also resulted in a huge spike in cybercrimes such as social harassing, abusive messages, vicious threats, broadcasting of suicidal actions, and live coverage of violent attacks. The use of social networking apps on smartphones has become a dominating part of daily lives. Smartphone users spend a substantial amount of time in browsing, emailing, and messaging through different social networking apps.
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