Are you using Google or Apple Maps on your smartphone? These apps are perhaps the most useful and widely used in the US, if not the world. What you may not realize is that the app could be tracking and storing nearly every move you, your clients, or your adversaries make, depending on your phone’s settings. Google Maps This example... Continue Reading...
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Digital Picture Postscript
On June 20, 2018, we published a blog post entitled “A Digital Picture is Worth a Thousand Words – but is it Authentic?” Not long after that posting, I participated in a five day jury trial in which the issue of spoliation of digital photographs became a central issue. The spoliation issue arose in a medical malpractice action that involved... Continue Reading...
Continue ReadingA Digital Picture is Worth a Thousand Words — But is it Authentic?
How often have you accepted a printed rendering of a digital picture as authentic? For those of us practicing since the 90s or earlier, we have often accepted a witness’s testimony that a printed picture is a fair and accurate depiction of the witness’s personal observation. However, when a digital image comes into play and small details in the image... Continue Reading...
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