Search Warrant Templates: Social Media and Applications (Online Investigations)

Is the suspect’s phone locked or password protected?  Did the forensic tool get everything or did it miss an important piece of evidence or intelligence?  Is the suspect still out on the street or a fugitive?

The average cell phone user has between 25-44 applications on their device.  These applications can collect and store massive amounts of information.  This information is not always recovered by forensic tools and is often missed by investigators.  Some of the available information from applications includes:

• Personally Identifiable Information-Names, email addresses, phone numbers, demographic information, physical addresses, biographical information, and profile pictures.
• Device Information-Make, model, operating system, unique device identifiers, and operating system identifiers (Apple and Google)
• Content-Call records, contact lists and electronic phonebooks, email, text, or instant messages, pictures, videos, and EXIF/metadata
• Linked Social Media Accounts-Facebook, Microsoft, Google+, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Foursquare
• Log File Information-Cross platform applications and devices, date and time of access, and Internet Protocol addresses
• Financial-Method and source of payment, credit card numbers, issuing financial institutions, and third-party payment processors such as PayPal.
• Geolocation Data-Historical location information from GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell towers.

Search Warrant Templates:  Social Media and Applications picks up where 150 Search Warrants and Cell Phone Investigations left off.  It contains the building blocks for a successful search warrant including:

• Sealing and non-disclosure orders
• Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty information for companies in foreign countries
• Contact information including legal entity name, address for service of process, phone number, email address, and point of contact information, when available
• Data retention and contact information for more than 280 applications including:

1. Social Media-Badoo, Banjo, Connect, Dubsmash, FriendLife, High There, Keek, KiK, MeetMe, Meetup, Mobli, Moco, MySpace, Tagged, Twitter, Vimeo, Vine, and WhosHere
2. Alternate Communications Using Wi-Fi or Data-AIM, Boss Revolution, FriendCaller, Fring, Glide, GroupeMe, HeyTell, HeyWire, Line, MagicApp, ooVoo, Palringo, Path, Pinger, Presto, Skype, Talkatone, Talkbox, Tango, Text Now, TextMe, textPlus, TiKL, Viber, Voxer, Voxofon, WeChat, WhatsApp, Whistle Phone, and Zello
3. Anonymous/Encrypted Communications/Self-Destructing Message Platforms- After School, Ask.fm, Blackberry Messenger, Burner, Clipchat, Confide, CoverMe, Frankly Chat, Omegle, Snapchat, Whisper, Wickr, and Yik Yak
4. Casual Sex/Dating-Adam4Adam, Ashley Madison, Coffee Meets Bagel, Couple, Grindr, HER, OkCupid, PlentyOfFish, Scruff, Shuttefly, Skout, Tinder, and Zoosk.
5. Others-Airbnb, Amazon, Candy Crush, Dish Anywhere, Dropbox, Electronic Arts, Evernote, Expedia, Game of War, Hotels.com, Hulu, Interactive Corporation (IAC), Muzy, Netflix, Pandora Radio, PayPal, RedBox, Rockstar Games, SoundCloud, Spotify, Square, Supercell, Timehop, Uber, World of Tanks, Worldstar Hip Hop, and Yahoo!

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