The simple act of turning on a confiscated computer, digital camera, cell phone, PDA, etc. may make all the evidence on that digital device inadmissible in a courtroom.

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Turning on a confiscated digital device without proper forensic procedures can alter the data on the device (e.g., change timestamps, access logs, etc.), potentially compromising the integrity of the evidence and making it inadmissible in court due to the inability to prove it has remained unchanged.

The Simple Act of Turning on a Confiscated Computer, Digital