Fooling Experts and Judges – Digital Evidence turns into Digital Evil Dance

Eric Filiol

44CON 2025 · Day 2 · Main Track

Digital evidence — metadata, erased data, and encrypted files — is increasingly treated as near-infallible proof in criminal and civil proceedings. Judges and forensic experts, particularly those with

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Filiol's Encryption Synthesis — a provably constructible single-file deniable encryption scheme using NLFSRs with short keys, filling a gap left open since VeraCrypt — is a legitimate cryptographic contribution buried under policy commentary that would benefit from sharper technical focus.

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