Appendix
OTHER ISSUES
In the realm of telecommunications evidence
there are a number of other issues that require addressing. Examples
of such are briefly summarised as follows:
— There is no control of unregistered
SIM cards (mobile phone number) and the transfer of phone ownership.
— The so-called "Stolen Phone
Database" is inadequate as it remains possible to reprogram
IMEI identities and the database/operator systems cannot check
against duplicate or invalid IMEI numbers.
— When performing mobile phone equipment
examinations, certain constabularies within the UK can be shown
to be using examination software that can be challenged on the
forensic output produced.
— The development and deployment of
the UMTS (3G Network) will severely limit the practise of cell-site
analysis.
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