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ABIT's Secure IDE Motherboard

Posted by timothy on from the there-are-few-absolutes dept.

Frank Caviggia writes "The Inquirer has a story about ABIT's spiffy new IC7-MAX3 motherboard. Apparently, this motherboard has a feature called 'Secure IDE,' which is marketing-speak for hardware-based encryption ... ABIT goes on to claim that 'Secure IDE' 'will keep government supercomputers busy for weeks and will keep the RIAA away from your Kazaa files.' Pretty bold claims for a motherboard maker ..."

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  1. IT'S NOT ENCRYPTION! by James+A.+A.+Joyce · · Score: 0, Troll
    I quote from the ABIT description:

    "For MAX3, the ABIT Engineers listened to users who were asking for information security. SecureIDE connects to your IDE hard disk...without a special key, your hard disk cannot be opened by anyone. Thus hackers and would be information thieves cannot access your hard disk, even if they remove it from your PC. Protect your privacy and keep anyone from snooping into your information. Lock down your hard disk..."

    It's not encryption! It's a physical lock on the hard disk!
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  2. Re:Security by obscurity, cool. by ldspartan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Umm, I definitely disagree. At least four or five years ago, the FBI would seize any and all computing equipment as part of their standard operating procedure. Most agents don't know much about computers, so the best tactic is to just take _everything_. This comes from a friend of mine who's a member of the FBI's Evidence Response Team.

    You are right on some accounts. They're going to pull your disks and make bit-by-bit copies of everything before they start screwing around, or even power your machine on.

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