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Module XLVIII - Investigating Social
Networking Websites for Evidence:
MySpace, Facebook and Orkut

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News: Google Gives Brazil
Senate User Info
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News: Police Tap Student Sites
to Fight Crime
Source: http://www.eschoolnews.com/

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News: Child Pornography on
Social Networking Websites
Source: http://www.ndtv.com/

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Module Objective
• Introduction: Social Networking Websites
• MySpace
• Facebook
• Orkut
• Crime Using Social Networking Website
• Investigation Process
• Investigation in MySpace
• Investigation in Facebook
• Investigation in Orkut
• Report Generation
This module will familiarize you with:

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Module Flow
Introduction:
Social Networking Websites
Crime Using Social
Networking Website
Investigation Process
Investigation in MySpace
Investigation in Facebook
Investigation in Orkut
Report Generation

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Social Networking Sites

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Introduction: Social Networking
A social network is a social structure made of nodes of
individuals and organizations that are tied by one or more
specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions,
idea, financial exchange, friendship etc.
Social networking phenomenon is rapidly increasing among
the youth, since it provides a chance to put forth the ideas
and views to other individuals over the web

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MySpace

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MySpace
MySpace is a social networking site which provides:
Online community to talk with the
friends and make a new ones
Helps in creating business network
Private community to share photos,
journals, and any of the interests
Internet marketers to advertise their
products and services

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MySpace: Screenshot

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Searching Persons on
MySpace

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Facebook

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Facebook
Facebook is the social networking site which connects people
with friends and others who work, study and live around
them
People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an
unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and
learn more about the people they meet
About Facebook:
• Anyone can join Facebook
• Discover the people around you

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Facebook: Screenshot

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Orkut

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Orkut
Orkut is an online social networking site designed similarly as
MySpace and Facebook
Launched in January 2004, by Google search company
It provides a network for friends and businesses with:
• A public profile which can be viewed by anyone within the community
• Pictures, messages, and video sharing
According to Alexa, Orkut is the eleventh largest web property

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Orkut: Screenshot

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Crime Using Social Networking
Website
Identity Theft
Phasing
Phishing
Blackmailing
Child Harassment
Child Pornography
Social Engineering

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Use of Social Networking
Websites in Investigations
Social networking websites are increasingly used in legal and criminal investigations
Personal information posted on social networking sites is used by police and law
enforcement agencies to prosecute users of said sites
Information recovered from social networking sites can be used in court to corroborate
a case
Facebook is mainly used by law enforcement agencies as a source of evidence against
student users

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Investigation Process
Search for convict’s account on the social
networking site
Mirror the web pages in the CD-ROM
Search on social networking sites
Documenting the evidence gathered

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Search for Convict’s Account on
The Social Networking Site
Search for convict’s account on the social networking site
using the his email address
Email address of the convict can be gathered during
interrogation
If the email address is not founded the search him by his
name and address in the social networking website
Investigator should also have an account with the social
networking site in order to search for the information
related to victim

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Mirror the Web Pages in the CD-
ROM
Mirror the web pages in the CD-ROM using
the following tools:
• HTTrack Web Site Copier offline browser
• Webcrawl
• cURL and Libcurl
• W3Mir
• Web Copier
• Folder Synchronization Tools
• File Dog
• BlackWidow
Website
Mirror

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Investigation on MySpace
• Bulletins: It is the broadcasting method delivering chain messages in the
friend list
• Groups: Groups allow to share a common page and message board in the
friend list
• MySpaceIM: It is the instant messenger in the MySpace account where
the notification of new MySpace messages, friend requests, and
comments are delivered
• MySpaceTV: It is the video sharing application in MySpace
• Applications: Here users could create applications for other users to post
on their profiles
• MySpace Mobile: It is environment in which users can access MySpace
content on their mobile phone
Search for the following in MySpace account:

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Investigation on MySpace
(cont’d)
• MySpace News: Here, news is displayed from RSS feeds which
users had submitted
• MySpace Classifieds: Classified service
• MySpace Karaoke: Here, user to upload audio recordings
• MySpace polls: Here, users post polls on their profile and share
them with other users
• MySpace forums: Community server is implemented for the
MySpace users
Search for the following in MySpace account:

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Investigation on Facebook
• Friend list
• It is the name and profile of the friends present in the user profile
• News Feed
• It highlights information regarding profile changes, upcoming events,
and birthdays, other updates in the user profile
• Wall
• It is the space where friends can post messages
• Photos
• It is the photo sharing application of Facebook
• Gifts
• It is the virtual gift shop
• Marketplace
• Here, the users can post free classified ads
Facebook is widely used for the surveillance, the
main area of the investigation are as following:

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Investigation on Facebook (cont’d)
Pokes
• It is the way of interaction with friends on Facebook
Status
• It inform current whereabouts and actions of a friend
Events
• It shows the upcoming events
Networks and groups
• Facebook have many networks and groups to which many users can
join
Video
• It is the video sharing application in Facebook
Chat
• Here, users can chat with their Facebook friends and on a one-to-one
basis

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Investigation on Orkut
In Orkut account search the following
for gathering evidence:
• Profile
• Scrapbook
• Photos
• Videos
• Testimonials
• View Events
• Friendlist
• Communities

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Investigating Profile
Investigator can find out personal, professional and social information of the
convict
Personal information include height, weight, eye color, hair color etc about the
person
Professional information include education, occupation, industry etc about the
person
Social information include religion, alternative email address, telephone number
about the person

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Investigating Scrapbook
Scrapbook is the main source of investigation here the messages are received
online or offline
The conversation or chatting done by the convict can be easily archived from
here

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Investigating Photos and Video
The photograph or the video recording of the convict can be gathered here
Photo or video folder are locked in some accounts

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Investigating Testimonials
It is the part of the Orkut account where any body can write about the
personality of convict
Here, the investigator can learn about the personality of the person

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Investigating View Events
The investigator can find the event calendar of the convict
Important dates are found here

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Investigating Friend Lists
The friend list contains the profiles of all his friends
It provides a detailed information of who are directly connected as a friend
with the convict

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Investigating Communities
The communities which has joined
shows interest of the person
Community is the group of people where
sharing of knowledge is done

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Report Generation
Note the name of Investigator
List of evidence acquired from social networking website
Documents of the evidence and other supporting items
List of tools used for investigation
Devices and set up used in the examination
Brief description of examination steps
Details about the finding:
• Information about the files
• Internet related evidence
• Data and image analysis
Conclusion of the investigation

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Summary
A social network is a social structure made of nodes of individuals and
organizations that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency
Web sites providing the social network are referred as social networking sites
MySpace, Facebook, and Orkut are the social networking site which provides
online community to talk with the friends and make new ones
Social networking websites are increasingly used in legal and criminal
investigations

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