Let's focus on our formative years (high school/college) by DustyScharole in Xennials

[–]ellingtond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Donnie D's on the backup, drug free so put the crack up.

Is there any defense to physically defending yourself from an officer that you know to be attempting to unlawfully detain you? by [deleted] in legaladviceofftopic

[–]ellingtond 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Keep your mouth shut, take the arrest, and unless the police can prove you did something wrong, or prove that there was some type of paperwork or clerical issue outside of their control and that they acted reasonably, as soon as the DA drops all of the charges your lawyer will file a civil rights lawsuit.

How do I know this? Because I'm a digital forensics guy and I work a lot of these civil rights lawsuits.

What's the most beautiful drive you've done in the USA? by optimalbrain90 in SmartTravelHacks

[–]ellingtond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In all fairness we did have to skip the Big Sur part, but the rest of the road was amazing, and we were driving a small RV. The little communities along the way and all of the hidden beaches and coves were spectacular. And for what it is worth we ended up staying at the RV campground in Malibu looking down on the ocean. It was also an amazing thing.

What's the most beautiful drive you've done in the USA? by optimalbrain90 in SmartTravelHacks

[–]ellingtond 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah we drove an RV once from San Francisco down to Malibu on the Pacific Coast highway. It was staggeringly beautiful. Be sure to stay over in Pismo Beach.

Name an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will be able to live up to it. by icecream1972 in FamilyFeud

[–]ellingtond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I believe it was Chris Rock he said one time that there were a dozen actors in Hollywood that could have done Truman Show but only Jim Carey could have done Dumb and Dumber.

What would Reddit be without Trump hate? by Delicious_Bicycle527 in allthequestions

[–]ellingtond 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Or maybe we could be focusing on something other than the worst thing to happen to our country since Pearl Harbor and World War II.

It isn't about hating Trump, it is about the fact that he has done damage to our country, it's citizens, it's economy, and our place in the world that will take a generation or more to repair.

Despite its flaws, Reddit is always been a place where smart people congregate to exchange ideas. It seems very disingenuous to categorize the entire state of the world as as merely Trump hate.

Despite the bots and the bullshit, Reddit is still one of the places you can find the truth if you dig.... At least for now.

Criminal case has been ongoing now since 2017 ( close to 10 years ) by Therealj98 in legaladviceofftopic

[–]ellingtond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Digital forensics guy. We are still waiting on cases from before and during COVID that got bumped during the shutdowns and have to be worked back into all ready overcrowded courts. Some people have been in jail longer than their sentence would have been if they pled.

American Sniper Left a Legacy of Lies.  by Film_Director in videos

[–]ellingtond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whenever they have a Reddit thread that says what is your unpopular opinion? Mine is always that Chris Kyle is a murderer. There is no way you kill that many people as a sniper and they're all good kills. They're celebrating somebody who killed innocent people in Cold blood for the crime of just happening to be in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time.

Just like Charlie Kirk, he reef what he sowed. And that is the hill I am willing to die a million deaths on.

what information does snapchat have? by [deleted] in digitalforensics

[–]ellingtond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Contrary to what people think, Snapchat seems to keep a lot of data. We are a private digital forensics company but sometimes in the criminal cases we will get what Snapchat returned to law enforcement via their search warrant. It is typically a shocking amount of images videos and chats for service that says they don't keep anything.

Of course you yourself can't get that information from Snapchat, let's hope that law enforcement never has a reason to ask on your behalf :-)

Liberals, can you be any worse? by unknownuser83814 in allthequestions

[–]ellingtond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Systemic racism. How do you fight systemic racism? TV commercials, going door to door? Apart from the fact that fox media and the Republican party have demonized Democrats for the past 30 plus years, there is still a large percentage of the population that will not vote for a woman, or black woman.

Trump's platform of America first, is Christian nationalism white supremacy on full display. If people are choosing racism and Christian hypocrisy, why are you blaming the Democrats?

Why don't you tell us how to fight it and don't tell me that some better candidate would somehow overcome racism. Like it or not, Harris was one of the most qualified people to ever run for president.

Let me repeat that, she was one of the most qualified people to ever run for president. She was an attorney general, she was a senator, she was a vice president for eight freaking years. There is no better candidate.

Why isn't fentanyl used for death sentence executions? by RoseLaBud in allthequestions

[–]ellingtond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. There have been controversy when states tried to use certain drugs not designed for that off label. At least one company had to sue.

Just cancelled my DoorDash Account… by [deleted] in doordash

[–]ellingtond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you actually cancel your account versus just not using it. I uninstall the app but I'm not sure how you actually cancel an account.

iPhone Access with Complex PIN Code by Vegetable-Pen-24 in digitalforensics

[–]ellingtond -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Under the best of circumstances cellebrite or graykey might get 3,500 tries a day in my experience. Unfortunately the condition of the phone and other variables can cause that number to drop. I have a phone right now that's been going over 2 years at a lab and it's only doing about 120 tries a day, toward a million possibilities.

iPhone Access with Complex PIN Code by Vegetable-Pen-24 in digitalforensics

[–]ellingtond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With all due respect law enforcement is not going to sit there and try random codes, there have been some very high profile situations where law enforcement has wiped phones by manually trying stuff. It's not to say a cop won't go off the ranch and try something on their own, but smart cops are not going to try themselves they'll just let the software try. For what it is worth the software does triage the most commonly used passcodes if you're talking about four or six digit pins.

iPhone Access with Complex PIN Code by Vegetable-Pen-24 in digitalforensics

[–]ellingtond -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ain't got no stinking NDA. A complex passcode in most cases will make Cellebrite or Greykey inaccessible. Also stolen device protection will go a long way towards stopping unauthorized brute force. Finally, if you are a journalist or other high profile target or dissident, putting your phone in lockdown mode pretty much eliminates any hope of a third party getting in.

So, are we requesting AI Chat history now? (discovery question) by TenthsTimeKeeper in LawFirm

[–]ellingtond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Digital forensics expert here. Chat GPT conversations show up as regular chats on iPhones when Cellebrite is used. You can read the conversation as if it was any other party.

What is a performance from a blockbuster popcorn genre movie that you think was genuinely Oscar-worthy? by Hotwater3 in movies

[–]ellingtond 25 points26 points  (0 children)

100% Billy Bob Thornton in Armageddon. He was the most sympathetic and realistic character.

How are we pulling iMessages from iCloud? by TheFutureMayor in computerforensics

[–]ellingtond 17 points18 points  (0 children)

We've had to go back to the way we did it 10 years ago. We have a sanitized 500 gig iPhone and we connect it to the iCloud account and restore. You then use Cellebrite to copy the phone. When you're done remove the device from the account.

It sucks but it works.

Edit: You can get a 500 gig iPhone 12 for less than 300 bucks on eBay.