Brett's Ramblings https://brettshavers.com/brett-s-blog Thu, 21 May 2026 11:35:27 -0700 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb https://brettshavers.com/brett-s-blog/entry/forensics-first-ai-second https://brettshavers.com/brett-s-blog/entry/forensics-first-ai-second AI found it. You prove it. From Artifact to Defensible Casework Decisions. I bought an AI-ready computer for testing and started running a local LLM against test data and CTFs. It’s a little more complicated than that to get set up, but once you get ...

]]> Digital Forensics Sun, 17 May 2026 23:12:53 -0700 https://brettshavers.com/brett-s-blog/entry/that-time-i-bought-coke-on-a-skateboard https://brettshavers.com/brett-s-blog/entry/that-time-i-bought-coke-on-a-skateboard   What undercover drug buys taught me about trust, judgment, and the DFIR investigative mindset. Buying dope is easy. That is probably not what people expect to hear from someone who worked undercover, but it is true. If you have money, you can buy d...

]]> Digital Forensics Mon, 11 May 2026 14:07:55 -0700 https://brettshavers.com/brett-s-blog/entry/ai-is-eating-itself https://brettshavers.com/brett-s-blog/entry/ai-is-eating-itself Google made answers easy. AI is making us source-blind. “Ask the chatbot and get an answer.” That sounds good until you ask where the answer came from, who created it, who verified it, who updated it. And if you don’t verify the answer, you are rolli...

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