Old Hippie Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 chuckwoww said:Wiretapping and torture don't seem to bother some people....maybe this will... Feds Seek Google Records in Porn Probe Thu Jan 19, 10:38 AM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Bush administration, seeking to revive an online pornography law struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, has subpoenaed Google Inc. for details on what its users have been looking for through its popular search engine. Google has refused to comply with the subpoena, issued last year, for a broad range of material from its databases, including a request for 1 million random Web addresses and records of all Google searches from any one-week period, lawyers for the U.S. Justice Department said in papers filed Wednesday in federal court in San Jose. http://tinyurl.com/e344z Any one week period...? ok so my name shows up looking for "Hot Asian suck babes in bondage..." 5000 times...that's nothing new... :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Should do a thorough job of defraging your hard drive and using a utility that wipes clean parts of the hard drive that is not being used any longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keekwai Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Lusty: >>>>"When I empty the recycle bin,is it really empty?"<<<< No, the files are easily recovered as long as nothing new has been written to that part of the hard drive. That goes for any file you delete from any location. When you delete a file it just means that part of the hard drive is made available to write new data to. New data will eventually overwrite the deleted data. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx enigma: >>>>"My philosophy is: NO ONE ELSE USES MY COMPUTER. PERIOD. That's why whenever I stop using it, I press Ctrl+Alt+Del and select LOCK COMPUTER This renders all other discussion on this matter essentially moot. "<<<< As long as someone has access to your computer your files aren't protected by simply locking. With something as simple and available as a bootable Linux cd your files can be read or copied to removable media. Cracking or resetting your password is another option. File encryption with a strong password policy are the first steps to truly securing data on a hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I just received a notebook (IBM Z60t) from my office and currently I am thinking of how to run the notebook most secure without too many hassles. My current security efforts are: I installed two users. Me as 'private' user and as 'official' user. Of course I do not want that anyone is able read my private email/bookmarks e.g. nor has access to important company data I need to carry around. Currently my settings are: - password protection for Bios at system start, which means no one is able to boot the computer without entering the password. Three times the wrong password and the notebook has to be brought to an IBM dealer - password protection for Windows (the notebook has a fingerprint reader which makes the Bios/Window start up very easy) - installing Steganos Security Suite which able to delete *all* traces (browser, media players, search requests at google et al, swap file, opened docs.....) completely. Stegaons is able to 'deep clean' deleted data as well. - using the 'safe' from the Steganos Security Suite (a virtual encrypted hard disk) for storing *all* data in the safe including the outlook (*.pst) data file. Of course I have two different safes for private and official use. - installing Zonealarm pro (incl. Anitvirus), Ad-Aware, Spybot and MS Antispy - installing xp-antispy which prevents Microsoft products from 'calling home'. - using Firefox as default browser - installing the Extension "Bookmarks Synchronizer" at Firefox. With a push of a button my booksmarsk uploaded or downloaded via FTP into/from a folder on my (unused) web site. This makes it very easy to synchronize my bookmarks with my home PC and I can delete all bookmarks on my notebook without fear of loosing them. That's it for the moment. I will see how it works... PS: At work I decided against a wireless lan (we are a small office) and at home I use a Wlan with hopefully safe security settings (WAP, Mac filtering, e.g.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 As long as someone has access to your computer your files aren't protected by simply locking. With something as simple and available as a bootable Linux cd your files can be read or copied to removable media. Cracking or resetting your password is another option. File encryption with a strong password policy are the first steps to truly securing data on a hard drive. Understood. I'm just referring to people who might want to casually use your computer and then stumble upon your stuff, not people who are truly hellbent on cracking your machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keekwai Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 XP Pro right out of the box has good security available. The file encryption needs to be enabled (automatic with 1st encrypted file) and is very powerful. For those worried about someone sniffing out private info you can encrypt various locations like My Documents, temp folders, application data folder or their entire user profile. Browser history and bookmarks can be encrypted (application data). An advantage EFS (encrypting file system) has over some third party encryption programs is it only decrypts a file as you need it instead of an entire disk. This protects your data when connected to a network/Internet. If you want to use EFS be sure to do a little research on proper use or you can make your files inaccessible to yourself. I've seen a number of postings on tech forums by people who failed to back up their encryption key and ultimately lost file access. Never have seen anyone offer a recovery method which is how it was designed. For the ultimate security with EFS, delete your private key at the end of the day and import it when you get back to your computer the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keekwai Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Shit, I thought this thread was about protecting private data from the NSA or FBI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted January 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 "... Shit, I thought this thread was about protecting private data from the NSA or FBI..." Worse than that, Thai Wives and nosey Thai girls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 ...you can make your files inaccessible to yourself... I can personally vouch for that. My advice: don't enable EFS if drunk. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 keekwai Thanks for the advice. I never thought about using EFS and will surely look into it. Maybe that's the easiest solution. But first I will have beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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