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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. Re:It's *not* rocket science, guys... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I penetrated your mom's arcane secrets.

  2. Re:Professional white-hat script kiddies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    More like AGAINST the common good. These investigators are common criminals.

  3. 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.
  4. Go after Nigger Looters in NewAwlins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    not mozilla/opera
    Where are their priorities?

  5. Re:Another article with the same logic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    that's the most psychotic thing I've read in quite a while

    Agree. It ranks right up there with "They hate us for our freedom".

  6. 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.

  7. 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.