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Android Acquisition Logical File System And Physical
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Android Acquisition Logical File System And Physical
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Physical
Three Depths of Extraction, and Why the Method Chosen Decides What the
11 Questions to ask · Suggested wording
12 Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic expert
13 Frequently asked questions
14 Glossary · References · Disclaimer · How a specialist laboratory can assist
Executive summary
The headline point: on Android the acquisition method decides the evidence, a logical extraction takes only
what the device hands over, a file-system extraction reaches the storage and app databases including deleted
not degree, so the depth must be asked about for every device and every report.
§ 02 · FIRST PRINCIPLES
The problem in plain English: the method decides the evidence
§ 12 · QUICK CONTROL
Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic
expert
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between logical, file-system and physical extraction?
Why does the acquisition method matter so much for the evidence?
Can the examiner just choose the deepest method?
The other side's report says nothing was found. Should we accept that?
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- Why does the acquisition method matter so much for the evidence?
- Because a shallow extraction cannot see what a deep one holds (
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