Accounts & Identity¶
31 investigator questions.
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- I’m interested in an online account. What can it tell me, and what should I do next?
- What is an online account?
- What information can an online account contain?
- Does an account identify a person?
- What is the difference between an account, a profile and a username?
- Can one person have several online accounts?
- Can several people share one account?
- Can an online account belong to a business or organisation?
- Can software or a device use an online account?
- Who is the registered account holder?
- Who created the account?
- Who controlled the account?
- Who was actually using the account?
- Who paid for the account?
- Who was responsible for the activity?
- What is authentication?
- What is multi-factor authentication?
- What does a successful login actually prove?
- Does a password prove ownership?
- Can someone log in without knowing the password?
- What is a session cookie?
- What is a login session?
- What is single sign-on?
- What is a trusted device?
- What does logging out actually do?
- What is an account compromise?
- What is account takeover?
- How do investigators recognise account takeover?
- How can I distinguish the genuine user from an intruder?
- What account records might a provider hold?
- What should I ask a provider for?