WDH-076 Websites, Domains & Internet Infrastructure
How can I tell whether website content has changed?¶
Preserve the current page, then compare it with reliable historic captures, revisions, backups and device evidence.
Evidence to consider¶
- full URL and current capture;
- web archives and caches;
- platform revision history;
- content-management logs;
- hosting backups;
- screenshots and monitoring;
- browser caches, messages and local files.
Interpret the result carefully¶
Technical records may identify a service, account, device or request rather than the person responsible. Preserve exact dates, times and time zones, and test shared access, automation, compromise and changing infrastructure where relevant.
Key takeaway
Explain exactly what changed and the limitations of every source used in the comparison.