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Alternative Browsers Impede Investigations
rbochan writes "Allegations in an article over at CNET propose that alternate browsers such as Firefox and Opera impede law enforcement and investigation efforts because they "use different structures, files and naming conventions for the data that investigators are after", which can "cause trouble for examiners.""
Oh come on, it's nearly impossible to find the URL history! Ctrl-H is a very, very complex cracking method.
In other news, bad guys hide in secret hideouts, which makes it hard for the Police to do their job.
And then I realized that they were serious.
Now I weep for them.
RTFA again for the best results.
...Firefox... on Linux! "Find what they've been browsing? Hell, we can't even find C: !"
Actually, FireFox Deer Park (pre-1.1) which I am using right now has a right-in-your-face menu item to remove this kind of data. Those bad evil criminals don't even have to dig through the options to purge the evidence for their wrongdoings. Clearly, this browser must be a work of the devil and should be banned.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
In related news, police are complaining that not all criminals conduct their affairs in American Standard English.
"It's an outrage! Why do people insist on impeding our efforts to be an all-seeing eye?"
... homicide investigators admitted they were stumped when a murderer used an aluminum bat to bludgeon his victim to death rather than the standard lead pipe.
... traces from a pipe ... lead is what makes it a crime scene."
Said an officer who wished to remain anonymous: "We're not even sure there was a murder without some trace of lead at the scene. A bullet
Sgt.Smith: "Damnit Jones, firefox. Another criminal goes free."
Lt.Jones: "You you know Smith, I sometimes wonder if we just were competant with computers if we could well, you know, understand basic computer forensics instead of relying on software to do it for us?"
Sgt.Smith: "Shutup Jones, theres a way we do things here, it's the microsoft way, all other ways are abhorant and methods of the terrorists."
Lt.Jones: "Good call Smith!"
*sigh* It's only sad because it could be true. Police forces need to hire security professionals and train them to be computer forensics. Not hire police officers and rely on them to learn the ins and outs of computer security.
Shadus
I found this out really quick after the SO moved in. Right after she went to check the website of her university which starts with a 'C' and the first link that pops into the autocomplete bar is Cumfiesta.
I just bought her a computer of her own.
www.madeofwinandawesome.com
I love it. Think of the advertising potential.
Male voiceover
"Microsoft, used by 100% of all sex offenders. Its not only the law, it their punishment."
Oh! I just fell off my chair.
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