Where is Electronically Stored Information? It’s Everywhere! - Electronically Stored Information - page 132

cell.provider's.storage.media.as.noted.in.the.article..Even.if,.
as.is.noted.in.the.article,.it.is.preserved.for.only.a.short.time,.
that.data.certainly.exist.on.your.carrier's.servers.for.at.least.a.
brief.period.of.time.
It.must.also.be.noted.that.text.messages.are.stored.on.a.
smart.phone.'s.memory.for.as.long.as.there.is.space.to.do.so..
I.saw.a.demonstration.recently.at.a.mobile.forensics.confer-
ence.that.showed.complete.text.messages.on.the.presenter's.
phone.going.back.for.more.than.a.year..The.bottom.line.is.
that.those.messages.take.up.very.little.room.in.memory.and.
so.are.likely.to.exist.for.a.very.long.time.
You.can.also.browse.the.Internet.on.many.of.these.devices..
We.are.going.to.discuss.the.records.created.by.Internet.brows-
ing. in. more. detail. later,. and. those. records. will. remain. the.
same.whether.you.are.using.a.computer.or.a.smart.phone..
So.all.we.need.to.note.here.is.that,.again,.your.phone.will.
store.information.about.where.you.have.been.suring,.what.
you.downloaded,.what.you.searched.for,.and.your.favorites.as.
long.as.there.is.room.in.its.memory.
Finally,. modern. smart. phones. allow. you. to. run. other.
applications. such. as. games,. news. readers,. topic. readers,.
and. even. production. applications. like. word. processors. and.
spreadsheet.programs.
Often,.because.of.the.memory.limitations.on.these.devices,.
they.will.store.the.actual.documents,.and.so.forth,.on.a.pro-
vider's.site.on.the.Internet..This.is.often.called. cloud.storage .
or. cloud. computing ,. and. that. is. a. separate. section. (3.12)..
They.may.also.store.that.data.or.back.it.up.on.your.personal.
computer.when.you.tether.or.link.your.smart.phone.to.the.
computer.via.a.cable.or.docking.device.
For.games.or.readers,.the.information.is.usually.stored.on.
the.phone,.sometimes.on.removable.memory.cards.that.are.
getting.larger.and.larger.in.capacity.even.as.they.get.smaller.
and.smaller.in.size.
These.removable.memory.cards.use. lash.memory. and.can.
be.as.small.as.a.ingernail..In.the.section.on.memory.we.get.
into.more.detail.about.how.they.store.data..But.for.now.simply.