Forensic Analysis of Social Media Android Apps via Timelines

Gaining a comprehensive understanding of the chronology of events and digital artifacts, particularly within the realm of social media, presents a formidable challenge in digital forensics. This demanding endeavor necessitates the scrutiny of vast volumes of events, largely due to the rapid proliferation of the internet, interconnected devices, and cutting-edge technologies in today’s world. As the prevalence of storage devices surges and digital handheld devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to gain popularity, the task of conducting digital forensic timeline analyses is progressively growing more complex, particularly for upcoming generations of Internet users. Given a case study, we reconstruct digital evidence based on timeline and links analysis. The preliminary results help digital experts to recover the case investigation in a fast way.