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IOS Knowledge And Biome The Device Activity Record
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IOS Knowledge And Biome The Device Activity Record
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IOSKNOWLEDGE & BIOME · A GUIDE FOR UK LAWYERS
iOS Knowledge and Biome: The Device
Activity Record
The Phone's Own Diary of What Was Done, and Why It Must Be Read by an
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: an iPhone keeps a fine-grained diary of its own use in internal databases such as
Knowledge C and Biome, recording which apps were used and when, screen and lock state, notifications and
connections, a powerful source for reconstructing user activity, but cryptic, specialist to interpret, and subject
to ageing out.
§ 02 · FIRST PRINCIPLES
The problem in plain English: the phone keeps a diary
§ 12 · QUICK CONTROL
Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic
Why do these need an expert to interpret?
If there are no activity records for a period, does that prove nothing happened?
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§ Common questions
Frequently asked questions
- What are Knowledge C and Biome?
- Internal iOS databases that record device activity (
- What can these databases show?
- Whether the phone was in use and what was being done, at a fine time resolution (
- Why do these need an expert to interpret?
- Because they are undocumented and cryptic (
- How reliable is this evidence?
- Reliable when interpreted by expert is e and corroborated (
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