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Database System Concepts

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ISBN:9780078022159

Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Chapter1: Introduction

Section: Chapter Questions

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“Examine methods for extracting evidence from social media sites.”

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Methods to extract evidence from social media sites:

Collect data manually:

The most common method to collect pieces of evidence is visiting social media websites and then capture the screenshots but it is a very time-consuming method. The evidence can be gathered by seeing a person's profile, images, or videos and any comment or tweets.

Automated tools

There are many free and paid tools available that help in capturing evidence such as HTTrack, Cacheback, EnCase that analyze web browsers by inspecting the list of activities performed.

Analysis of SNS History

Collect evidence by examining the detailed list of URLs related to social networking sites that are accessed.

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