Digital forensics in the cloud era: The decline of passwords and the need for legal reform
Ben Martini, Quang Việt Ðỗ, Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo · Australian Institute of Criminology eBooks · 2016
The growing use of cloud services in the community means electronic evidence is moving beyond the physical jurisdiction of Australian law enforcement agencies. This paper looks at the legal and technical issues inherent in collecting electronic evidence from online and cloud services and the decline in use of stored passwords for apps in favour of authentication tokens. The most prevalent authentication token system, OAuth, is described and the utility of these tokens to forensic practitioners is discussed. The legal and technical aspects are considered, with a view to enhancing the capability of law enforcement and practitioners in an increasingly complex legislative and technical environment.