Section 1.

1. What are the different roles of mobile devices in crime?

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2. What problems do prepaid phones pose to investigators?

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3. What is mobile phone cloning?

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4. Which kinds of evidence can be retrieved from mobile phones and PDAs?

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Section 2.

Mobile devices have been the objectives of crimes (target), utilized to commit crimes (tool), and held evidence of crimes (incidental). Conduct an online search for a case not described in this chapter where a mobile device was involved in a criminal or civil investigation.

1. Name and reference the case that you discovered.

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2. What were some of the case's facts?

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3. What was the specific role(s) of the device in the investigation?

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Section 3.

1. New mobile devices are constantly being introduced. How does this ever-changing market affect the work of a forensic investigator? Is there a solution?

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2. In this and previous chapters, different electronic devices were considered. What do these devices have in common, in a forensic sense? How are they different?

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3. Is the forensic analysis of mobile devices easier or more complex than computer forensic analyses? Explain why.

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