Guest c4evap Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Man sues MS after FBI uncovers smut surfing habits A US man awaiting trial on firearms offences is suing Microsoft after FBI technicians found self-made sex videos and evidence that he frequented porn sites on his PC. Link to story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/06/firearm_supect_privacy_lawsuit/ You just can't make this stuff up. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones2097 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 haha.. should have baked his HDD..... thats what i'd have done... ahem... :) naa really he paid for several bits of software they should have come with some sorta grantee, less he didn't update 'em.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Heh... got to love the comments at the bottom that almost entirely ignore the fact that the man's privacy suit has nothing to do with the crime he was jailed for. Looking at porn isn't illegal... but when a program that claims that it secures data doesn't, there are problems. He's not 'trying to get out of his crime' with this suit... he's pointing out that when you delete things, they -should- be deleted and that files with THAT sort of encryption should not have been accessible by anyone. The problem is, when you delete a file in Windows, all that happens is that the file is marked as 'deleted'. That's it, that's all. The data for the file remains on the disk until coincidental writes happen to land on that area. At the very least, Microsoft should have a 'secure delete' option that overwrites the data for the file with random sequences one or more times, so that people who want files deleted -get- them deleted. Also, the encryption levels that program claimed to use should have made his disk unreadable. Either he used a bad password (probably), or there's something going on there that shouldn't be happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyran Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I can get at most data after it's been deleted you need to use a shredding program at least a dozen times before you have a hope that it won't be read better to just hit it hard with a hammer and chisel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilander72 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 In the court papers, Crooker said he's reached settlements with Hewlett-Packard, which owns Compaq, and Circuit City. ® If an encryption software is supposed to be secure and it turns out it's not... He should thank the FBI for helping him with the proof ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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