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During a recent visit to the Cyber Crimes Center (C3) in Fairfax Virginia, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano saw an usual sight: a silo of Sony Playstation 3s. Thanks to their superior mathematical abilities (a key element of contemporary computer games), the video consoles have been drafted by the federal agency to aid in password decryption.

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The issue of 'sexting' -- teenagers taking and distributing nude and seminude photos of themselves and friends -- has garnered a great deal of attention recently. As many people have noted, the activity exposes children to the possibility of lengthy stays on state sex offender registries. Earlier this year, Vermont became one of the first states to look at whether changes should be made to state criminal statutes to reduce or even decriminalize sexting for teens. After considerable debate both in-state and nationally, the legislature decided to retain criminal penalties for the activity, but redirected most cases to juvenile court.

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Here's a great way to ruin the average public school administrator's day: have a team of federal computer forensics experts descend upon a district's IT department to search for electronic evidence.

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The following is a list, by jurisdiction, of federal and state court decisions that involve or touch on some aspect of computer forensics. Every effort has been made to locate relevant decisions; however, this list is intended as a research aid only, and may not be definitive.

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