The pace is difficult. Everything changes.
As I said earlier, what is true today on my iPhone
could change tomorrow.
When a new iOS version or Android version comes out,
things change.
When Facebook or WhatsApp releases a new version,
things change.
TikTok.
There's always new encryption, new applications,
new ways of leveraging data.
Cloud is difficult. Cloud is one of the more difficult things
that we face.
How your data is stored in cloud,
most people have no clue.
You press the button to back up, and your data
goes into the cloud.
Well, how are you going to get it back down?
What mechanisms can you leverage to actually get it?
What hurdles will you have to clear to get this information?
So the pace of smartphone forensics is fast.
It is full-on sprinting, all of the time.
If that is not something that you like,
this may honestly not be a career path
you may want to take.
You may want to stay away from smartphone forensics
and do more file-based host analysis.
I love the pace of smartphone forensics.
I swear, that is what keeps me sharp and keeps me going.
Student questions, different breakthroughs
that we have in the community, following people on Twitter--
it's exciting.
There's always room for research.
Now, because of this, let's say you're not
ready to try the forensic challenge
but you want to earn a class coin.
Throughout this course, you're going
to see slides where I say, this requires more research.
If you're interested in doing research with me
and with different people in the community who
have contributed to this course, that
is something we want you to do.
Lee and I recently did something new,
and we hired some 1099 contractors to help
us research this course.
So I want to give a special thanks to Jared Barnhart, Josh
Hickman, Ian Wiffen, Matia Epifani, for all your work
that you put into this course.
You are brilliant and we appreciate you.
Another shout-out to Adrian Liong, the Cheeky Forensic
Monkey, and Alexis Bergoni for all of the work you
do in the community.
We really appreciate it, and we love researching with you.
So if this is something you want to do, you can also
email me and say, Heather, I would
like to be a beta tester for any new labs
that you and Lee write.
What I recommend is, in the subject line,
write "FOR 585 Beta Tester."
In the body of the email, say, I like Android, I like iOS,
or you know what?
I like everything.
If you want to do research with us, let us know,
and we will reach out to you when we need you.
Keep that in mind.