Kik and Law Enforcement Lisa van Heugten Trust and Safety Ambassador
Nicole Nearing Trust and Safety Ambassador
Agenda! • Who is Kik Interactive?! • What is Kik? ! • How does Kik work?! • What information might Kik have available for Law Enforcement?! • How can Law Enforcement access that information?! • How do I interpret the information provided by Kik?! • Tools and Resources! • Contacting Kik!
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Who is Kik Interactive?!
The Trust and Safety Team! !
Law Enforcement Support !
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• Educate
• Policies
• Respond
• Processes
• Innovate
• Resources
What is Kik?! • Available for! – – – – –
iPhone, iPod, iPad! Android-based phones! Windows Phone 7 and below! BlackBerry 7 and below*! Some Symbian-based phones*!
• Rated 17+ in iTunes, Medium Maturity in Google Play!
! *no longer available for download as of May 2014!
• Allows users to ! – Exchange text, photos and virtual stickers! – Share YouTube videos, memes, sketches and more ! – Play games! – Built in browser!
• Based on a username, not a phone number!
How does Kik work?!
Create an Account!
User Profile!
Talk with Friends!
Staying Safe!
Kik Message Flow! Kik User A
SSL
Kik User B
wireless/wifi
wireless/wifi
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SSL
Information Kik May Have!
Tombstone Data! What might be available?! • • • • •
First and last name! Email address! IP addresses! Account creation date! Device type and manufacturer!
Notes: ! • Account information is provided by the user! • Information isn’t verified by Kik! • IP history: ! – Last 30 days + one last IP address (after November, 2013)! – IP addresses are provided by third parties!
• Phone number (if provided by the user) is not stored or accessible by Kik!
Content Data! What might be available?!
Notes!
• Photographs! • Videos! • Chat logs!
• Kik never sees or stores text of conversations.! • Photos and videos are not accessible to support team.! • Photos and videos are automatically deleted within a short period.! • Kik never sees or stores content shared via third party apps!
How can Law Enforcement Obtain
Information from Kik?!
Tombstone Data! Law Enforcement Request (LER)!
Emergency Disclosure Request (EDR)!
• Cases of child sexual abuse or child sexual exploitation only! • Full tombstone data provided in response! • LER form available! !
• Emergency defined as imminent threat of death, loss of security, or serious physical injury to any person! • Limited set of subscriber information provided in response:! – – – –
First name! Last name! Email address! Two days of IP addresses up to one week old !
• EDR form available!
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LER Process! • Download this template at kik.com/ lawenforcement! • Submit to
[email protected] with subject line “URGENT LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE”! ! • Kik will verify the sender via RCMP NCECC! ! • Response will be sent via email to agency email address only! ! NOTES! • IP addresses older than 30 days are not available! • Template must be followed!
EDR Process! •
Download this template at kik.com/ lawenforcement!
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Submit to
[email protected] with subject line “EMERGENCY DISCLOSURE REQUEST”!
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Kik will verify the sender! Response will be sent via email to agency email address only! Kik will notify the Kik user of the disclosure within 72 hours!
! NOTES! • Two days of IP addresses provided, up to one week old! • Template must be followed!
Content Data! • Release of content data requires a valid production order from a Canadian court! • Recommend submitting a preservation request asap to ensure data isn’t lost. !
Preservation Process! • Download this template at kik.com/ lawenforcement! ! • Any agency globally may submit a preservation request in anticipation of a valid Canadian production order! ! • Must be submitted to
[email protected] with subject line “PRESERVATION REQUEST”! ! • Preservation of data for 90 days pending receipt of extension or valid Canadian production order! !
Content Data
(photos, videos, chat logs)! • Canadian Production Order (via MLAT process for international requests)! – The username of the individual(s). ! – A list of the information requested.! – The way in which the evidence should be delivered to law enforcement. !
• Production orders can be emailed to Kik at
[email protected]. Please include the words “Production Order” in the subject line. ! • Requests for information should be specific.
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Interpreting Information Obtained from Kik!
Tombstone Data
Subscriber Information!
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Content Data:
Photos and Videos! ! ! !
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IP$address$associated$to$an$ image$sent$
Unix$timestamp$
Kik$Username$#$2$
Kik$Username$#$1$
tori.stace2_vx3/meenuok_kur/1359514973934/33afd029/6efc/4413/87a1/37dba463227c????#########? tori.stace2_vx3/meenuok_kur/1359515053400/4210e47c/4a7e/4473/ab9c/262bc243fdd6???#########? tori.stace2_vx3/meenuok_kur/1359515190188/4a25659b/7450/452d/86bb/7c4ee3e063d????#########? tori.stace2_vx3/meenuok_kur/1359515255728/87eb726d/85f4/468c/8c86/5a61751d3a8d???#########? tori.stace2_vx3/meenuok_kur/1359515428659/82fcad87/85c9/4e45/a2ae/ef773d9eb5c6????#########? ? ? ? ? ?
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