Name two situations in which an investigator would not immediately unplug a computer at an electronic crime scene?

What will be an ideal response?


Two situations in which an investigator would not immediately unplug a computer at an electronic crime scene are (1) if encryption is being used and pulling the plug will encrypt the data, rendering it unreadable without a password or key, and (2) if data exists in RAM that has not been saved to the HDD, and will thus be lost if power to the system is discontinued.

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