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Digital Forensics

OSINT: Can Open Source Intelligence Serve as Forensic Evidence?

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is an intelligence and investigation discipline that systematically collects and analyses data from publicly available sources. Social media posts, satellite imagery, geotagged content, forum records, news archives and registration and contract databases constitute the primary raw material of this discipline.

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Digital Forensics

IMSI Catcher (Stingray): Lawful Interception, or Covert Surveillance?

An IMSI Catcher is an electronic surveillance device that mimics a genuine mobile network base station, forcing all mobile devices in its coverage area to connect through it and thereby obtaining their IMSI/SUCI numbers, location information and, in certain configurations, communication content.

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Digital Forensics

The Vehicle Black Box: The Law of EDR Data as Forensic Evidence

Modern vehicles are equipped with electronic systems known as Event Data Recorders (EDR), popularly called vehicle black boxes. These systems record dozens of parameters in fractions of a second before, during and after a collision: speed, braking force, steering angle, seat belt status, airbag deployment time and engine speed.

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Digital Forensics

HTS Analysis in Forensic Cases: Technical, Legal and Applied Dimensions

Historical Traffic Signalling (HTS) analysis is a telecommunications analysis method based on the retrospective examination of logs of every kind of signal interaction between mobile phone users and base stations.

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Digital Forensics

How Reliable Is a Screenshot as Forensic Evidence? Absent Metadata, Manipulation Risk and Verification Standards (Interview)

A standard screenshot is a set of pixels captured independently of the original source of the content, carrying no cryptographic integrity, no native metadata and no verifiable timestamp. This interview examines the technical structure of the screenshot, methods of forgery, available verification techniques and international standards of legal admissibility.

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Digital Forensics

Narrowed Base Station Area Analysis: Technical Realities, Methodological Limits and Legal Implications (Interview)

The method of "narrowed base station area analysis", which has come up recently in various criminal investigations, is the subject of intense public debate. This interview sets out the technical realities of the subject, the limits of what is currently possible and the legal dimensions, from the perspective of an independent telecommunications expert. No case, person or institution is referred to; the aim is to inform the public about the technical facts.

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İletişim Teknolojileri

Location Data Transformed by 5G: More Precise, or More Dangerous? (Interview)

This interview addresses the technical foundations of 5G positioning technology, a comparative accuracy analysis against 4G, the opportunities and limitations it brings to forensic cases, the legal debate over geofence search warrants, operator data policies, a privacy assessment under the GDPR and ECHR frameworks, and the perspective extending toward 6G.

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İletişim Teknolojileri

5G Technology Explained: A Comprehensive Technical and Architectural Comparison with Previous-Generation Networks

Fifth-generation (5G) wireless systems represent not merely a speed increase but a revolutionary transformation that fundamentally redefines the architecture, service paradigm and application framework of mobile networks. This review article examines systematically and comprehensively the technical and architectural dimensions along which the 5G New Radio (NR) standard diverges from previous-generation networks, particularly 4G LTE.

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