Another year, another holiday, another “gadget” added to your techno inventory.
Whether you received a new iPhone, Android, tablet, laptop, iPad, or any other device with capabilities of getting you on the net to post your New Year’s selfie, or leave a glowing (or not so glowing) review of a purchase, it’s time to take a minute to think…
A Q&A with forensic analyst David McKay
I was recently interviewed by CBC news reporter Daniel Schwartz on the process involved to authenticate a video. The video in question was one that has surfaced that allegedly shows the Mayor of Toronto smoking an illegal substance. I have not seen this video nor can I confirm any of the allegations contained within it, as outlined in the article by…
With the recent identification of the Boston bombing suspects, there has been a lot of commentary in the media regarding the use of surveillance video cameras in public. Heather Kelly wrote an interesting article for CNN touching on the proliferation of cameras in society and the use of facial recognition technology to identify individuals. While facial recognition can be very useful in many cases, it…
I was recently interviewed by CTV News regarding the role surveillance video evidence will play in identifying suspects in the Boston marathon bombing that occurred on April 15th 2013:
CTV News Interview – Boston Bombing: Commentary by David McKay on Forensic Video Evidence
There is no doubt in my mind that the suspect or suspects have been caught on camera at some point during the event or…
1) According to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) it is completely within your rights to request recorded video surveillance if it relates to you. If you’re caught on camera, it’s within your rights to request that information regardless of whether it is a civil or criminal matter.
2) If you are in a public space it is…
A memory card police believe has spent days in the belly of a B.C. hang glider may still contain salvageable evidence, according to an expert in digital forensics.
David McKay, program coordinator for Blackstone Forensics, says he’s seen digital data extracted from cards that were stomped on, soaked and worse.
“These devices, which are solid state devices, they use a form of non-volatile memory…
VANCOUVER – A hang-gliding pilot whose tandem passenger plunged to her death Saturday will remain in custody with the hope that he can produce evidence related to the fatal flight.
William Johnathan Orders, 50, is charged with obstruction of justice. He appeared briefly in B.C. Provincial Court in Chilliwack Wednesday afternoon and consented to remain in custody and his bail hearing was put…
Mounties need your help to identify a suspect in a vicious stabbing at the Coquitlam bus loop in mid-December.
The 19-year-old victim was stabbed several times, including once in the heart. He had to undergo major surgery. Cst. Andrew Coupe says the suspect threw away an army-green hoodie with skulls on it after the attack in the early hours of Dec. 15 (2011).
Coupe…
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