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Editorial policy and source register

Vendor-neutral guidance with explicit evidence and uncertainty boundaries.

Editorial responsibility and contributions

D3Forensics Limited publishes this guidance. Alan Jeffries is identified on the About page as Principal Consultant. A named contribution should describe the work actually performed, such as writing, technical checking or a specialist contribution, rather than imply certification of the entire site.

General guidance remains separate from an opinion in an instructed matter. A contributor’s name, source citation or publication date does not guarantee recoverability, completeness or a legal outcome. Corrections should identify the affected proposition and the reason for the change.

When published sources conflict

A platform document describes a feature; it does not prove that a particular device, archive or forensic method supports it. Where official pages disagree, record the conflicting statements and their check dates, identify the exact product and version in issue, and narrow the published claim until the discrepancy can be resolved.

A successful test supports only its recorded conditions. A failed or unperformed test must not be relabelled as confirmed support. Corrections should state what changed and whether the change concerns documentation, interpretation or an actual tested result.

What a source note should tell you

A source note should identify the specific proposition supported, the document and version where available, and the date it was checked. General methodology references should be distinguished from current platform documentation and from tests actually performed by the practice.

A page revision date records an editorial change. A documentation-check date records a source review. A test date records a defined examination under stated conditions. These dates are not interchangeable and must not imply that every listed feature or configuration has been validated.

Original technical notes

An original technical note should identify the question tested, the device and application versions, relevant configuration, test date, method, expected result, observations and limitations. It should distinguish a controlled test from a client matter and from a summary of provider documentation.

Use synthetic or appropriately authorised material. State what the test does not establish, retain enough non-sensitive detail for meaningful scrutiny and record later corrections. A single successful result must not be presented as universal product support or a recovery rate.

No test should be described as completed, independently checked or reproducible unless there is a corresponding record. Public notes should omit credentials, confidential evidence and operational details that cannot responsibly be disclosed.

Review cycle and date meanings

The practice principal owns the editorial review cycle. Reassess application and provider guidance after a material change and before relying on it in an instruction. Record documentation checks, matrix rule revisions and method-validation results separately. A page date must never imply that every listed configuration has been tested.

Change record: 6 November 2026

Improved shared checklist layout, navigation and readability; clarified authority, inference and mandatory reporting limitations; added contextual glossary links, source-route explanations and a wholly synthetic worked finding. The evidence-matrix rules date remains 4 November 2026 because its mapping rules have not changed. Approved content expansion adds 24 FAQ answers, 26 glossary terms and three guides, with clarified evidence terminology and explicit source mappings.

Source policy

Prefer primary platform documentation and recognised methodology. A provider feature or historic tool capability is not proof of present laboratory capability. Distinguish documentation checks, source interpretation and case-specific technical testing. Do not publish credentials, bypass instructions or confidential client evidence.

Dates and corrections

Source entries record their own documentation-check dates. A check is not device-level validation. Earlier publication dates are omitted where not established. Recheck volatile features at instruction and after material provider changes. Report corrections to info@d3forensics.com.

Unresolved capabilities

Signal backup documentation contains platform/version variations; confirm the installed build and archive format. SafeW identity and deployment must be established before any support claim. General DingTalk chat export and unrestricted WeChat cloud archives are not substantiated. These are confirmation requirements, not supported acquisition promises.

Change record: 4 November 2026

Corrected LINE Keep, Signal backup and Google Timeline treatment; separated linked-session collection from cloud archives; introduced source-specific feasibility rules, transfer guidance and clearer client limitations.

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