Last week it was announced that the Delhi Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) is using a new forensics app that is underpinned by blockchain. By using DLT it makes it harder to tamper with evidence. So far 1,500 personal have been trained to use the technology.
“The blockchain technology integrated with the e-forensic app of the Delhi FSL will ensure that evidence (material samples) submitted from the scene of crime to the FSL for analysis and reporting, remain free of human interface or interference,” said an official, according to Daily Pioneer. “Available only to authorised individuals in four separate blocks, representing four different stages of analysis, the data thus generated will be free of any tampering,”
Each piece of evidence has to go through several steps from gathering it at the crime scene to storing it at the evidence locker where it’s assigned a QR code. At that point, it can be transferred to a lab where someone produces a forensics report and sends it back to the police.
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