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Alternative Browsers Impede Investigations

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the all-the-more-reason-to-switch dept.

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.""

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  1. Alternative languages impede investigators! by RedLaggedTeut · · Score: 0, Troll

    Look, he is writing from right to left!
    Quickly arrest him, he must be a terrorist!

    How evil they are!

    --
    I'm still trying to figure out what people mean by 'social skills' here.
  2. The solution is even easier... by halr9000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Tip to sex offenders:

    Go ahead. Run Windows for the parole officer. Run it on a 5G partition on your 200G drive. Run Linux on the rest. Put pr0n on the RFS.

  3. Re:It's *not* rocket science, guys... by darcfx · · Score: 1, Troll

    Dude.. that sucks. I'm sorry you feel the need to have to look at porn in the first place when you have a wife.

    LOL. That totally blows.