This person should also turn off their computer and remove the RAM so it’s zeroed out if it gets siezed.
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kcseb@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
And here’s where we introduce you to this magical term called full disk encryption!
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Full disk encryption doesn’t help much if the pc is running anyway since the key will be in memory
B0rax@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
How will they carry the running pc if it’s not a laptop?
frog@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
They have a battery attached to flat wires. When you give a couple millimeters of room from the plug, they insert the flat wires and the computer will be powered from the battery.
If the computer is logged in, they have a USB device that mimics a mouse. It makes the mouse pointer move back and forth to prevent it from going to sleep or the screen saver.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They use forensic tools to clone the RAM before moving it. Probably depends on exploits so whether it will work may depend on your OS, but they have access to the hardware so there are a lot of possibilities.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is where I think NFC may finally be useful. If cops show up, I slide my phone by a hidden NFC tag, and an http request is sent to my desktop machine. Everything incriminating is wiped and the computer is turned off, before the cops can walk to the room.
a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Unless you have tied the NFC to an arc wielding torch how would proper data disposal process runs its course fast enough? You live in a manor with very long hallways?
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Most of really nasty data is text or a few questionable apps, and should take very little time. Video and audio present a problem, but I think they can be speedily wiped by nuking the metadata parts, making recovery and identification difficult. Not sure how resilient modern formats are to data loss, but afaik e.g. AVI is quite reliant on the description of the stream (which iirc is inconveniently placed at the end of the file).
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Better to have a “spare” pc under your desk, with the real one hidden.
Cheaper and you won’t accidentally wipe your pc all the time.
But what are you all having on up your PCs??
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Where I am, having a networked machine cemented up in the wall is the national pastime, for when a bunch of masked policemen show up with automatic rifles. As for what’s on that machine, that’s another national sport because no one is paying for those bastards to harass businesses.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
As with many other suggestions made here, if it can be demonstrated in court that you had a system like this set up, it’s going to be a really bad look for you.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You see, I’m one of those mysterious creatures who live in the lands outside the US. I know it’s gonna be a shock, but we do exist.
As I already explained in the thread, where I am, the goal is to not give cops any material to work with, so they find someone else to harass. All the really serious data is hidden better than this.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
If it can be proven you did that, that’s gonna look real bad in court.
mech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
You can get in legal trouble for turning off your PC?
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
There’s no law against googling how to dispose of a body, but if you do, and you’re a suspect in a murder, it’s a real bad look for you.
Same story here. Probably legal, but definitely not a good look.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
If it’s proven that you did it, you are getting locked up anyway.
In 99% it is better to not say anything or indict yourself
Alpha71@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah… About that.
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Yeah, refusing a warrant is definitely a separate crime from whatever they’re looking for on the computer. If something like this happens, the only way to protect yourself from a warrant is to fully delete everything on your computer. They can’t arrest you for not handing over something that doesn’t exist. The cops know this though, which is why they probably wouldn’t give you that kind of warning without having a warrant ready to go, which is because this story is fake.
EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And if you use BitLocker, do NOT backup your recovery key to the cloud!
gizmodo.com/microsoft-reportedly-turned-over-bitl…
Print out out, give it to a friend, don’t mention it via electronic means (email, text, Snapchat, YouTube, and so on…)
msage@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
And if you use BitLocker, don’t!
quips@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
What is a better windows alternative?
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Veracrypt
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Linux.
turdas@suppo.fi 2 weeks ago
Even better is to memorize it.
rtxn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hide it in a poem in a leather bound book at the end of a trap-filled dungeon.
Pilon23@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
Now when you say a trap-filled dungeon. What exactly do you mean?
idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ll hide it at the end of my mix tape.
FerretyFever0@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Hide it in a book in a buried chest on a minecraft world 5000 blocks from spawn.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Don’t print it. Your previous prints are easily retrievable
JPAKx4@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I think I’ve heard if you have a Microsoft account it automatically gets backed up