REGARDING INVESTIGATION OF USER/MOBILE PHONE OWNER DATA IN RELATION TO OPERATOR NUMBER AND WHATSAPP DATA

Abstract

Abstract. In the process of conducting forensic expertise, expert research with the aim of revealing information about the circumstances of the case, which is important for the further detection, prevention, termination and investigation of crimes committed with the use of modern information and telecommunication technologies, the expert/specialist carries out interrelated expert the task of action to solve the issues. Based on the results of the analysis of the existing practice of performing forensic expertise, expert research, generalizations and conclusions have been made that will contribute to conducting objective and scientifically based studies on the issues of determining the user/owner of a mobile phone number based on messenger data, using the WhatsApp messenger as an example. The analysis of researches and publications shows that this issue is not given much attention. No scientific studies have been found on the specifics of the messaging research, particularly the WhatsApp messenger. This article provides an example (variant) of conducting research, an algorithm (a sequence of actions regarding the process of determining/setting a user/owner of a mobile phone number based on WhatsApp correspondence with another subscriber; performing user identification during his initial registration in the WhatsApp software (messenger). Test the message was sent from subscriber #1 (a phone based on the Android operating system) to subscriber #2 (a phone based on the IOs operating system). Recommended for use in conducting comprehensive engineering research (expert specialty 10.9 «Research of computer hardware and software», 10.17 «Research of telecommunication systems (equipment) and tools»).