Cryptography, Law Enforcement, and Mobile Communications

Author

Gratzer, Vanessa ; Naccache, David

Author_Institution

Pantheon-Assas, Univ. Paris II

Volume

4

Issue

6

fYear

2006

Firstpage

67

Lastpage

70

Abstract

The Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communications Association reports that nearly 700 networks in more than 214 countries will have served 2 billion users. Unfortunately, the development of inexpensive mobile communications is also a source of new threats. In this issue´s installment of-Crypto Corner, we review the handset-related methods law enforcement agencies use to gather evidence during criminal investigations. This article´s goal is twofold: explain how law enforcement agencies work and increase the user community´s awareness of the digital footprints left by handsets

Keywords

cryptography; law administration; mobile communication; mobile computing; mobile handsets; police data processing; Crypto Corner; Global System for Mobile Communications Association; criminal investigations; cryptography; digital footprints; handset-related methods; law enforcement agency; mobile communications; user community awareness; Batteries; Communication system security; Cryptography; Data mining; GSM; Law enforcement; Mobile communication; Pins; Real time systems; Telephone sets; cell phones; forensics; handsets; law enforcement; mobile phones;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Security & Privacy, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1540-7993

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MSP.2006.148

Filename

4042662