> The image found on Rettenmaier’s hard drive was in an unallocated space, which typically requires forensic software to find
So say someone, known or unknown, emails you a bunch of unlawful zeros and ones, you open it or it displays automagically. Or you accidentally type a web address wrong and go to unlawful pictures dot com.
Anyway, you delete the file(s) and / or clear your browser cache. Your file system deletes the entry in the allocation table (or however it works) but the drive still has the relevant magnetic / electrical charges to recover the file using a data recovery tool.
Are you still in possession of the unlawful zeros and ones if you've deleted the files in the only manner you are aware of - assuming the average person doesn't understand the underlying technology???
So say someone, known or unknown, emails you a bunch of unlawful zeros and ones, you open it or it displays automagically. Or you accidentally type a web address wrong and go to unlawful pictures dot com.
Anyway, you delete the file(s) and / or clear your browser cache. Your file system deletes the entry in the allocation table (or however it works) but the drive still has the relevant magnetic / electrical charges to recover the file using a data recovery tool.
Are you still in possession of the unlawful zeros and ones if you've deleted the files in the only manner you are aware of - assuming the average person doesn't understand the underlying technology???