Work

Fit for Forensics: Taxonomy and Common Model for Forensic Analysis of Fitness Trackers

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Fitness trackers, smart watches, wearables and everything in between have evolved from being highly specialized sports technology and cyber gadgets of early adopters into being similarly ubiquitous devices like smartphones. Unsurprisingly, the data collected by these devices has entered the scope of forensic investigations, providing user-centered and extensive measurements that may prove very valuable as complementary or perhaps even essential evidence in criminal cases. While there exists a body of work focused on the analysis of data from individual devices, the area still appears fragmented. To counter this, we provide a definition and taxonomy of fitness trackers and integrate existing work into a universal model for forensic analysis of such devices that also takes legal requirements into account.

Source: Digital Threats Research and Practice

DOI: 10.1145/3687271

Authors: Andreas Hammer, Julian Geus, Florian Nicolai, Philip Schütz, Christofer Fein, Felix Freiling

Institutions: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University

Language: English

Topic: Digital and Cyber Forensics

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft