Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. When a multi-million dollar trucking case hinges on what ...

Viewers of TV dramas don't focus on the technology behind how a forensics crime team tracks a terrorist or drug ring using cell phone data, but scientists at the National Institute of Standards and ...

For decades, proving phone use in commercial trucking accidents meant working with incomplete information. Attorneys would examine basic phone bills and argue over whether a text message received ...