COMPUTERWORLD
Digital trail led investigators to alleged
Craigslist murderer
By Sharon Gaudin
April 21, 2009
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...slist_murderer
"Investigators say digital forensics work was key to tracking down the suspect, according to Jake Wark, press secretary for the Suffolk County, Mass., district attorney's office."
"The technology involved was absolutely crucial in identifying the suspect," said Wark in an interview with Computerworld. "The investigation led to the recovery of an abundance of cellular, wireless and other electronic evidence."
"He added that investigators from the Boston police homicide unit were able to link the IP address that was used to send an e-mail setting up the April 14 date with the murder victim to Markoff's home address."
**The link above was posted on 2.21.12
ZDNet
FBI taps cell phone mic as
eavesdropping tool
Declan McCullagh
December 1, 2006
http://www.zdnet.com/news/fbi-taps-c...ng-tool/150467
"The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations."
"Kaplan's opinion said that the eavesdropping technique "functioned whether the phone was powered on or off."
The Wall Street Journal
'Stingray' Phone Tracker Fuels Constitutional
Clash
September 22, 2011
By Jennifer Valentino-Devries
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...723197574.html
"Stingrays are designed to locate a mobile phone even when it's not being used to make a call. The Federal Bureau of Investigation considers the devices to be so critical that it has a policy of deleting the data gathered in their use, mainly to keep suspects in the dark about their capabilities, an FBI official told The Wall Street Journal in response to inquiries."
**The 2 links above were posted on 2.24.12
wiseGeek
What is a GSM Phone?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-gsm-phone.htm
wiseGeek
What is CDMA?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cdma.htm
wiseGeek
What is the Difference Between GSM and CDMA?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-...m-and-cdma.htm
Prepaid cell phones or burn phones utilize the same networks as contract phones. So, the brand and model of the cell and the service provider the device is working through determine which network the phone uses. Some prepaid cell phone companies offer access to both networks. Here are some examples:
"T-Mobile's To Go Phone also provides national coverage through their GSM network. Out of network calls are not permitted."
"Tracfone has been around for some time, and provides nationwide coverage primarily through their own network, but provides roaming through partnerships with 30 CDMA and GSM networks. Roaming is free on select GSM handsets. CDMA phones and other GSM handsets are charged double the minutes used."
"Net 10 is a sister network to Tracfone, and offers virtually the same network coverage and service plans. Free roaming is provided on both CDMA and GSM networks."
The-Cell-Phone-Advisor.com
A Comparison of Prepaid
Cell Phones and Service
http://www.the-cell-phone-advisor.co...ll-phones.html
Here is a link to an article on how a person might crack/hack GSM and CDMA phones. The article includes info on how someone might obtain a phone's PIN or get into a cell phone without needing the PIN:
IT World
How to hack cell phones better than News of
the World
By Kevin Forgarty
July 08, 2011
http://www.itworld.com/security/1813...ter-news-world
**The 5 links above were posted on 2.24.12
New York Magazine
A Serial Killer in Common
By Robert Kolker
Published May 29, 2011
http://nymag.com/news/features/long-...milies-2011-6/
The weekend she disappeared, Maureen had taken the train into the city with friends, but she left them once she got to Manhattan. Cann says her sister usually worked from a hotel room and never saw johns at their places. Maureen was adamant about working only in Manhattan and never said anything to Cann about working in Long Island. At one point that weekend, Maureen called a friend from the Port Authority and said shed been robbed of all the money shed earned. She needed a ride home, but the friend couldnt come get her. After that call, no one heard from Maureen again. For three years, the NYPD had reported no trace of herexcept, in 2008, for one cell-phone-signal ping off a Long Island tower, just a few miles from Gilgo Beach. Someone was trying to access Maureens cell-phone voice-mail, Cann says. When she saw the news about Gilgo Beach, Cann knew Maureen had to be one of the bodies.
***The link above was posted on 2.24.12
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