An Evidence‐based Forensic Taxonomy of Windows Phone Dating Apps |
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| Authors: | Niken Dwi Wahyu Cahyani PhD Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo PhD Nurul Hidayah Ab Rahman PhD Helen Ashman PhD |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Computing, Telkom University, Jl. Telekomunikasi Terusan Buah Batu, 40257 Bandung, Indonesia;2. School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, 5095 Australia;3. Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249‐0631 USA;4. School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, 5095 AustraliaCorresponding author: Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo, Ph.D. E‐mail:;5. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia |
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| Abstract: | Advances in technologies including development of smartphone features have contributed to the growth of mobile applications, including dating apps. However, online dating services can be misused. To support law enforcement investigations, a forensic taxonomy that provides a systematic classification of forensic artifacts from Windows Phone 8 (WP8) dating apps is presented in this study. The taxonomy has three categories, namely: Apps Categories, Artifacts Categories, and Data Partition Categories. This taxonomy is built based on the findings from a case study of 28 mobile dating apps, using mobile forensic tools. The dating app taxonomy can be used to inform future studies of dating and related apps, such as those from Android and iOS platforms. |
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| Keywords: | forensic science forensic taxonomy mobile forensics digital evidence Windows Phone platform dating apps |
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