Two convicted for refusal to decrypt data Since October 2007 when the refusal to disclose decryption keys was made criminal in the UK, the buzz around the smallish digital forensics research community has been alarm. Security researcher, by definition always…
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Disturbing Trends Across the Pond
MediaSentry – Defense moves to suppress in RIAA case
The RIAA cases reminds me a great deal of Alice in Wonderland. Sometimes the arguments raised on both sides stretch credulity to the point where I wonder at the respective attorney’s ability to raise them with a straight face. During…
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CS Major Quashes Search – Halts Forensic Analysis
New developments occurred in the Calixte case regarding the domestic dispute leading to a detective throwing every book at hand against him. The EFF just published a nice point by point discussion of the verdict from their appeal. Justice Botsford’s…
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CS Undergrad Hacks the Gibson Uses Command Prompt
Reading the search warrant affidavit was painful and illustrates what I see as a trend in law enforcement circles – and not a good one. The rules governing what constitutes expertise seems an afterthought in situations where a computer is…
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FBI Raid part 3 – Warrant Application Summary
I finally tracked down a copy of the search warrant application / affidavit for the data center raid in Dallas, TX. Hat tip to http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/fbi/ for linking to the information. The search warrant is 39 pages. The first 10 pages…
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