! 1.!Introduction!! 1.1!Project!Scope! The! purpose! of! this! dissertation! is! to! forensically! examine! significant! artefacts! present!on!an!IPhone!after!the!installation!and!use!of!mobile!dating!applications.! There! are! many! applications! available! for! smartphones! that! facilitate! users! in! meeting!potential!partners.!There!is,!however,!a!risk!associated!with!the!level!of! anonymity!a!user!can!have!on!dating!applications!as!there!exists!the!potential!for! predators! to! attract! and! lure! vulnerable! users.! If! such! a! case! were! to! arise,! evidence! found! from! mobile! dating! applications! can! prove! to! be! of! utmost! significance! in! such! a! case.! Due! to! time! constraints! and! resources! the! scope! of! this! dissertation! is! to! focus! only! on! the! dating! application! Tinder! ! which! is! discussed!in!more!detail!in!following!sections.!!!! ! 1.2!The!Smartphone! The! smartphone! has! taken! over! the! world! as! the! must! have! tool! in! the! area! of! technology.! Out! of! 5! billion! mobile! phone! owners! in! the! world,! 1.08! billion! of! them! own! a! smartphone!. Analysis of Forensically Significant Artifacts of Tinder App on iPhone Niall Heffernan A minor dissertation submitted in part fulfilment of the degree of MSc in Digital Investigation and Forensic Computing with the supervision of Dr.
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