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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Dinokids & Club Penguin | 3/22/2011 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: My boy is 8 years old. Since the school had a Spring break last week, I let him play Dinokids & Club ... A: Good morning Yolanda, if only all parents were as concerned as you there would be a lot less crime ... | ||
| My 11 year old wants to join Facebook | 2/4/2011 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: My 11 year old daughter is wanting to join Facebook because all of the kids in her class except for ... A: Good afternoon Stephen, First let me say that you are not alone, many parents are torn between ... | ||
| Cyber safety occupation | 1/29/2011 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: I was wondering if there is cyber safety jobs. Just like the dateline shows. I would like to help ... A: There are jobs for child predator, cyber stalking, and all the other computer crime type of cases. ... | ||
| Jobs | 1/9/2010 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: is there any jobs on the internet for kids? I dont care if they are not for money. A: It depends on the age of the child. FOr those that can write and are good readers, there is actually ... | ||
| forensic investigation | 1/7/2010 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: what are the steps taken to investigate the following activities: 1. Excessive use of the internet. ... A: Those type of events are usally investigated by placing a monitoring software on the suspects ... | ||
| federal, state and local | 9/6/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: what are the federal, state and local policies concerning documentation of computer crime scenes? A: There are no universal policies on these issues. It is actually a department specific policy. Each ... | ||
| 8/22/2009 | Chris Wagoner | |
| Q: my kids have been begging for a facebook for a while. they keep saying their friends have them and ... A: Good for you being a concerned parent. I only wish there were more like you out there. You and your ... | ||
| How can I stop my child being slandered online. | 8/17/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: I have found that my child's step mother has been blogging on a step family site about my child. My ... A: I am very sorry for what you and your child is going through. A lot of states now have laws against ... | ||
| block porn sites | 7/16/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: i rtying to block porn fro my computer my brother keeps looking 50 porn sites a day!!! but the ... A: THere is a program that you can get, its called Spector Pro, and it will block them and he will not ... | ||
| Securitly wiping one drive | 6/26/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: I would like to store certain files on one drive on my computer's hard drive, and then if necessary, ... A: There are several out there but I like and use a program called "Secureclean" from WhiteCaynon. ... | ||
| Safe Browsing for my 8 year old | 6/4/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: I'm very concerned about my 8 year old daughter performing searches on Google for her favorite ... A: Hey Peter, You are very right to be concerned. You can make some e pretty bad mistakes in spelling ... | ||
| Plagiarism? | 5/21/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: If you have a report to do and you have to research articles online for it and you reword the ... A: Lets define Plagiarism first: Plagiarism - The attempt to represent the work of another as the ... | ||
| Forensics | 5/12/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: What are the qualifications & education/training required to become a good crime scene investigator? A: I do not believe in trying to recreate the wheel, especially when someone has a really great wheel! ... | ||
| AllExperts Adult Advertising? | 5/6/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: Commander Wagoner, Is Allexperts aware that they have adult advertising on some family oriented ... A: You have happened on what is called "Keyword generated advertising". What happens is Google Ads ... | ||
| parental controls | 5/2/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: Hello. I had written to you awhile ago but you had a temporary absence. I was sorry the hear about ... A: We use a prgram called Spector Pro or Eblaster to monitor and control child and teen access to the ... | ||
| Checking sites my child has been visiting. | 3/28/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: Is there a way to go back and check to see the internet sites visited after the history and all ... A: Only if you have someone who does forensics on computers checks it for you, then there is no ... | ||
| surprised | 3/24/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: I was really surprised about what you had described and I want to know what are the risks my ... A: Can I ask where you heard me? Just curious. I would suggest you go to this link and read all of the ... | ||
| stop watchin porn | 1/3/2009 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: I can honestly tell you that this is not an addiction but it is a problem every once in a while i ... A: They say the first step to being cured of something is realizing you have a problem of some kind, ... | ||
| Can I be charged for this? | 11/10/2008 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: I'm 13.I am a girl and I have a porn addiction and I went on this kids' porn website and it said ... A: I would venture to say no. I do not believe that it was law enforcement that did that, it was some ... | ||
| Can I be charged for this? | 11/8/2008 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: I'm 13.I am a girl and I have a porn addiction and I went on this kids' porn website and it said ... A: Calm down. You do not need to be thinking about suicide or any thing like that, thats silly talk! ... | ||
| XFS Linux File system | 9/29/2008 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: I am looking for a forensic tool to find deleted files on a XFS Linux file system.Any help? Neither ... A: Hey Raul, Well you have ruled out all the forensic programs available to the public. There is one ... | ||
| internet porn blocking | 7/8/2008 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: My fiance and I were wondering if you could help us block the porn and adult websites from our ... A: By saying you want it so it can not be changed back, I am guessing that this is to prevent children ... | ||
| internet porn blocking | 7/7/2008 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: My fiance and I were wondering if you could help us block the porn and adult websites from our ... A: While I have not worked a lot with Opera, other than trying it out to see what its features were ... | ||
| Blocking a website | 5/30/2008 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: this is porbably really simple, but I just wondered if you could tell me how to block a website. ... A: You were on the right track. You just missed it by a hair. Go to and click on "tools" Then click ... | ||
| Safe Internet Software | 5/28/2008 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: Commander Wagoner, My son is 9. He is a good boy and is rarely in trouble. We have been given a ... A: I am glad to hear you are concerned about your childrens safety on the Internet. There are programs ... | ||
| Hard drive sanitation | 5/21/2008 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: is there any software that you know of to get information off of a hard drive that has been cleaned ... A: If the drive was truly wiped with a program that does it correctly and it was done to DOD 7 pass ... | ||
| enternet&kids | 1/21/2008 | Chris Wagoner |
| Q: How can we protect our kids from bad uses of enternet? A: It is a very big and scary place the Internet. And there are all kinds of people on it, both good ... | ||
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Chris Wagoner
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Expertise
I served as a police Commander that conducted Computer Crime Investigations at the Local, State and Federal level. I have investigated all most any kind of crime with which or which involved a computer and the internet, from murders, kidnappings, extortion, drug dealing and more. I can answer questions concerning Computer Forensics (the art of recovering information from a suspects computer), Computer Crime Investigations and Internet Investigations. I can answer questions on almost any crime in which a computer is used. I am a Federally Court Certified Expert in Computer Crime and Computer Forensics. I have worked in both Facebook and MySPace, also in Peer to Peer investigations. In addition I can answer questions concerning child predators and how to make your children safer on-line. I teach Computer Forensics, Internet Investigations, Peer to Peer Investigations and other computer crime related subjects for several colleges and the Institute of Police Technology and Management.
Experience
Conduct computer crime investigations in conjunction with the F.B.I., Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, Gainesville Police Department, and University of Florida Police Department, Levi County Sheriff’s Office, Starke Police Department and other agencies in the North Florida Court District. I provide the forensic data recovery services for those agencies as well as internet tracing and information gathering. I am a Federal Court Certified Expert in Computer Crime Investigations and Forensics. I teach Computer Forensics for the University of North Florida, Institute of Police Technology and Management. I also teach Computer Crime courses for Tallahassee Community College, Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Training Center. Associate Instructor; teach Computer Crime courses thorough out the world for IPTM. Presently Teach Cyber Crime Investigations, Computer Crime Investigations and Computer Forensic Data Recovery Course.
Education/Credentials
Santa Fe Community College
Gainesville, Florida 32606
Degree 2001: Associate of Arts and Science (with Honors)
Degree 2007: Associate of Arts (with Honors)
Awards and Honors
Awarded the FBI Directors Award for assisting the FBI in a National Computer Crime Investigation. Awarded Dec 2002.
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