The stereotype that all cops love donuts is about to get turned on its head. It’s all about cookies these days. I’m not talking about the chocolate chip variety though, I’m talking about internet cookies. An internet “cookie,” is a piece of text that a Web server can store on a user’s hard disk. Cookies allow a Web site to store information on a user’s machine and later retrieve it.
What is Computer Forensics?
These digital files are a new tool in the arsenal of cops and criminal investigators everywhere. This branch of the criminal justice industry is known as “Computer Forensics” and it focuses on evidence pertaining to crimes that is found through digital files. Digital evidence can take the form of an email, photo,disk, fax or a cell phone record.