02 — The lab

Every byte,accounted for.

Checksum is an independent lab for litigation teams. We image the devices, process what is on them and defend the method under oath, and we have done nothing else since 2011.

  • Court-qualified examiners

    11
  • Expert reports filed

    412
  • Median time to first image

    26 h
  • Reports excluded

Mature man with glasses and a grey beard

Dr. Marcus Hale

Lab director · 61 testimonies

  • custody.log · matter 26-0412

write-block on

$ acquire MBP-A2485 --write-block on

imaging 512 GB .. done in 01:42:10

$ hash --algo sha256 image.E01

9f2c41d8a07b … 5d3c7be0e1a4

$ verify --against source

match: image equals source

$ seal --bag EV-0412-03 --witness m.hale

sealed 14:06 UTC, chain intact

$ log --append custody.log --read-only

entry 0412-03 written and locked

# nothing above was typed by a lawyer

  • 9f2c…e1a4 · verified