Robert Morris University iOS vs Android Fourth Amendment & EnCase Discussions

1. Take a minute and think back to your first mobile phone. Discuss the features and the changes that have taken place since that first phone?

I got my first cell phone back in 2004 and it was vastly different than phones today. My first phone was a LG flip phone that had true unlimited data and was only 50.00/month. It had a short antenna which is virtually eliminated from phones today. My phone hardly had any storage (8 GB) but you could only store contact information because it didn’t have any apps on it because apps were not invented yet. In 2004, phones did not have the internet or even a browser on it and it was a true “phone” in a sense where people still carried them all the time, but they did not feel the need to look at them 24 hours a day. My phone had physical buttons because touchscreens were not integrated into cell phones and to text, we used a QWERTY keyboard which made texting very difficult to do. People also still carried an iPod and their phones with them because phones did not have music apps or any storage to download music on the phone. Mobile phones have drastically changed in the 17 years since I had my first phone.

2. In the past 5 years there have been significant changes to mobile technology. Discuss as least one change in mobile technology and explain the impact on the world.

I believe one of the most significant change in mobile technology in the last 5 years is the use of smart watches. Apple released the smart watch back in 2015 and it condensed the use of a phone to a small computer on your wrist. Even though smartwatches were around since the late 70’s, Apple’s smartwatch that was released in 2015 made it a seamless extension of your phone and that’s when the concept of a smartwatch really took off. Smart watches can do everything that your phone can do but it is more convenient to just look at your wrist for information rather than pulling out your phone. You can monitor your health, take calls, text others, and listen to music all on your smartwatch. Today, you see smartwatches virtually everywhere and I feel like this made a significant impact on society and mobile technology throughout the world.

References:

Thompson, J. (2018). A Concise History of the Smartwatch. Retrieved from 2018-01-08/a-concise-history-of-the-smartwatch”>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-08…

Student 2 :

CHRIS SUSALLA

Discussion 1

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WEEK 2

Discussion 2 :

For this assignment, you must reply to this post and address the questions below, prior to 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 21st . Continue to follow your classmates’ posts for the remainder of the week and post follow-up messages to at least two of your classmates’ posts prior to 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 24th. Your follow-up posts can add additional insight to a classmate’s opinions or can challenge their opinions. Use examples from the readings, or from your own research, to support your views, as appropriate. For your follow-up posts this week, you may wish to visit a couple of the web sites contributed by your classmates and share your opinion of these sites with the class. Be sure to read the follow-up posts to your own posts and reply to any questions or requests for clarification. You are encouraged to conduct research and use other sources to support your answers. Be sure to list your references at the end of your post. References must be in APA citation format. All posts must be a minimum of 250-300 words. All follow-up posts to your classmates must be a minimum of 150 words for each required post. Peer responses posted after 11:59 pm on Sunday evenings will not be accepted or calculated into the weekly forum grade.

Discussion Grading Rubric (100 Points)

Synthesis of Concepts 55

Clear Citations using APA format 10

Writing Standards 10

Peer Reviews (minimum of 2) – Responses posted after the current week will not be accepted 25

Timeliness – 10% penalty per week for late work

1. The Fourth Amendment deals with search and seizure. How can the Fourth Amendment be applied to mobile devices? How does data volatility play a part when it comes to search and seizure?

2. To answer this question you will need to watch the videos on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth which can be found within the Week 2 tab. Please discuss vulnerabilities of using your personal mobile device and things that you might do different.

Student 1:

ADRIAN OLIVERIO

Week 2 Discussion

The Fourth Amendment protects us against unlawful searches or seizures. This also applies when dealing with mobile devices. For example, if you are pulled over for a routine traffic stop, a cop does not have the right to search through the contents of you phone. “In Riley v. California, Riley was stopped by the police for driving with expired tags. During this traffic, stop officers found his cell phone and searched it finding videos and photos that linked him to a previous crime. The Supreme Court ruled that the government needs a warrant, based on probable cause, to search a cell phone. Id at 401” (Gatlin Voelker Law Firm, n.d). There are some situations where the argument comes into play that the evidence cops are looking for would not be there if they waited. Volatile data can change in an instant and all evidence that would have been found in the volatile memory locations, like the RAM of a computer, would disappear. In those situations, I believe that strong probable cause is a must. The evidence found must also match the evidence that they were initially looking for.