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2007-07-14 Science & Technology

Microsoft Vista vastly improves the Gov's ablility to discover forensic evidence on PCs

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Posted by 3dc 2007-07-14 12:36|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Well, at least it's useful to someone.

Posted by DMFD 2007-07-14 13:57|| 2007-07-14 13:57|| Front Page Top

#2 It's getting to the point where all data and documents need to be stored on removable media so they can periodically be selectively backed up and all the other temporary files shredded.

This also tells me there is a huge market for some sort of secure storage system that minimizes such unwanted data "persistence".

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-14 14:11|| 2007-07-14 14:11|| Front Page Top

#3 I have both XP and Vista systems. With Vista, I have to turn off the "phishing filter" to even approach XP processing speed, even with Broadband. And I wanted to give the XP system to a student. Maybe I will give him the Vista junk.

Posted by McZoid 2007-07-14 15:17|| 2007-07-14 15:17|| Front Page Top

#4 As for use in legal proceedings, it doesn't matter what you have. Google search data has been used in several court cases. Privacy: what's that?

Posted by McZoid 2007-07-14 15:20|| 2007-07-14 15:20|| Front Page Top

#5 huge market for some sort of secure storage system that minimizes such unwanted data "persistence".

VMWare is doing quite well.

Posted by DMFD 2007-07-14 15:21|| 2007-07-14 15:21|| Front Page Top

#6 You mean the Government can see my pr0n? WoooWooo!

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-07-14 15:37|| 2007-07-14 15:37|| Front Page Top

#7 You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.

Posted by Scott McNeally 2007-07-14 16:37|| 2007-07-14 16:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Scott McNeally - hm.. when I run wireshark I don't see my linux boxes sharing a great amount of info.

Posted by 3dc 2007-07-14 17:45|| 2007-07-14 17:45|| Front Page Top

#9 The devil is in the details.

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