ThursDef™
Mobile Forensics and Free Open Source Software (FOSS)
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Speaker
Jessica Hyde
Event Notes
Jessica’s number one tip for international travel: a phone in the After First Unlock state (unlocked at any point since it was switched on, even if it is locked now) can give up 80 to 90 percent of its data without a PIN. Turn the phone all the way off, and don’t unlock it after powering it back on, so it stays in the Before First Unlock state.
Resources and links
- A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Readimdb.com
- Autopsyautopsy.com
- GrapheneOS for Android phonesgrapheneos.org
- Mobile Device Acquisitions: Why Immediate Action is Critical for Digital Evidencehexordia.com
- ANT Catalogaclu.org
- What Is The Five Eyes Alliance?forbes.com
- Daubert Standardlaw.cornell.edu
- Digital Forensics Research Workshopdfrws.org
- Location, Location, Location: a paper on Mobile Device Significant Locationsdfir.pubpub.org
- Understanding Filesystem Timelines in Digital Forensicsmedium.com
- EvanoleVMevanolevm.com
- Learning on Hexordialearn.hexordia.com