John CarneyJohn Carney

Founder and CTO of Carney Forensics. Licensed attorney and digital forensics examiner of Carney Forensics.
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Carney Forensics Wins 2023 Reader Ranking Award from Minnesota Lawyer – “Best Digital Forensics”

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2023 “Best Digital Forensics” We are the happy recipients of the 2023 Reader Ranking Award for “Best Digital Forensics”!  They are published annually by the esteemed Minnesota Lawyer.  As a … Read more

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Exemplary Evidence: “Proving Distracted Driving Using iPhone Forensics”

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Cell phones are everywhere. These mobile devices are increasingly used for phone calls, text messages, social media, cameras, calendars, Internet browsers, games, and even monitoring our health. Much of our … Read more

cell phones are new dna

Exemplary Evidence: “Cell Phones Have Become the New DNA Evidence”

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I want to share with you a widely available form of digital evidence lawyers are using to exonerate wrongful convictions, especially first-degree murders.  I will tell you Nidjia Nicks’ story … Read more

intellectual property theft investigation

Exemplary Evidence: “Exciting Advances in IP Theft Investigations”

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Are you concerned your company’s intellectual property or proprietary data may have been misappropriated or otherwise lost or shared with unauthorized parties? Typically, intellectual property theft occurs shortly before or … Read more

smart speaker forensics

Exemplary Evidence: “Smart Speaker Companions May Be Informants”

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Last month I presented fitness tracker evidence and cited a popular statistic on digital device usage in the U.S. This year each of us uses between three to four smart … Read more

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Exemplary Evidence: “Fitness Trackers are Killing Our Opportunity to Lie”

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Depending upon which information technology research company you follow, each of us in the U.S. this year uses between three to four smart devices connected to the Internet.  Often the … Read more

iPhone Forensics

Exemplary Evidence: “The Return of iPhone Forensics”

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Steve Jobs introduced Apple’s new iPhone in June 2007 and it immediately became a successful product. Its popularity in America has grown, insanely some would say, to become the smartphone … Read more

Evidence Recovery During Coronavirus Pandemic

Exemplary Evidence: “Best Practices for Evidence Recovery in Pandemic”

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My fourth article for Minnesota Lawyer changes it up a bit and expands on the series title “Exemplary Evidence“.  Instead of writing about the technology, I draw a parallel between … Read more

Mobile evidence is exemplary evidence

Exemplary Evidence: “Mobile Device Evidence is Exemplary Evidence”

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I wrote a third article for Minnesota Lawyer this month to introduce mobile device evidence under the series title “Exemplary Evidence“.  Mobile evidence is Carney Forensics’ flagship service and my professional … Read more

cloud evidence on smartphones and computers

Exemplary Evidence: “Discover Cloud Evidence on Smartphones and Computers”

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I wrote a second article for Minnesota Lawyer this month after the holiday to develop further the discovery of cloud evidence on smartphones and computers under the series title “Exemplary … Read more