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NEWS ABOUT: digital forensics

digital forensics stories: 4 news summaries

Cyberstupid Craigslist Killer Left Virtual Trail: Cops

Suspect's email to murder victim led detectives to his door

Apr 22, 09 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alleged Craigslist killer Philip Markoff may have used the Internet to plan his crimes but his lack of tech savvy led detectives straight to him, the Boston Herald reports. A single email Markoff sent to murder victim Julissa Brisman was swiftly tracked to his home address, where detectives recognized Markoff... More »

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Boston • email • Craigslist • digital forensics • Julissa Brisman • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer

Move Over, Police Sketches: DNA's On the Case

Forensic phenotyping works, but is it ethical?

Mar 27, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The old-fashioned police sketch could soon be obsolete, the Wall Street Journal reports, thanks to DNA forensic phenotyping, an increasingly popular technique that uses crime-scene DNA to describe a suspect. So far, labs can only determine details such as ethnicity and physical traits, but that alone has helped in... More »

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DNA • forensics • DNA evidence • digital forensics

 R. Kelly Case
 Obsesses 
 Over Mole 

Witnesses battle over mark seen in video

Jun 6, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The R. Kelly jury was treated to a short course in video doctoring yesterday, as the rapper's defense team worked to discredit the tape prosecutors say shows him having sex with a very underage girl. The issue is the now-infamous R. Kelly mole the defense says isn't there in the... More »

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celebrity trials • trial • moles • underage sex • child pornography • digital forensics • R. Kelly

Experts Work to Create Ways
to Identify Altered Photos

New tools can sniff out fakes

Mar 17, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - As photo doctoring grows ever more sophisticated—and common—so does the art of “digital forensics,” or identifying fakes. Lighting is among the most tell-tale signs of a photo that’s been altered, reports Technology Review, because it’s hard to get it consistent. Still, current tools... More »

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photography • software • photograph • photo editing • Photoshop • altered photos • digital forensics • fake photos

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