What is an antiforensic technique to cover a digital footprint?

The correct answer is B. obfuscation. Obfuscation alters or hides artifacts (e.g., renaming, encrypting, or scrambling data) so that forensic tools and investigators cannot easily interpret or trace the original activity, effectively covering a digital footprint.

Submitted by skyler.x· Mar 6, 2026Forensics Techniques

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Aauthorization
Bobfuscation
Cprivilege escalation
Dauthentication

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Obfuscation alters or hides artifacts (e.g., renaming, encrypting, or scrambling data) so that forensic tools and investigators cannot easily interpret or trace the original activity, effectively covering a digital footprint.

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