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Vista Makes Forensic PC Exam Easier for Lawyers

Posted by Zonk on from the can-i-introduce-you-to-some-nice-encryption dept.

Katharine writes "Jason Krause, a legal affairs writer for the American Bar Association's 'ABA Journal' reports in the July issue that Windows Vista will be a boon for those looking for forensic evidence of wrongdoing on defendants' PC's and a nightmare for defendants who hoped their past computer activities would not be revealed. Krause quotes attorney R. Lee Barrett, 'From a [legal] defense perspective, [Vista] scares me to death. One of the things I have a hard time educating my clients on is the volume of data that's now discoverable.' This is primarily attributable to Shadow Copy, TxF and Instant Search."

6 of 343 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Another Use for VMWare by neonmonk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I do all my illegal activities on an Abacus.

    Mwa aha hah.

  2. How is this possible? I reinstall Win every week by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To make sure my Windows is running at peak efficiency and performance, I got into the habit of completely reinstalling Windows every Thursday at 10am.
    This habit was developed during Win95, WinSE, WinXP SP1, and WinVista Beta

    What? There was evidence there? Ooops, sorry... my standard operating procedure wipes the disk once a week.

  3. Message to criminals: Use Linux by Alain+Williams · · Score: 5, Funny
    I can see the headlines now: "Criminals use Linux because MS Vista makes forensics easy".

    Then: you are using Linux, what have you got to hide ?

    The next step is: Only criminals use Linux

    I have just realised: I am typing this at a Linux box. I had better go down and turn myself in at the cop shop.

  4. Re:Another Use for VMWare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll be disappointed to learn of Microsoft's new Abacus Retentive Summation Environment (ARSE) tracking extension, which is being made mandatory for all abacuses from 2007 onwards. I guarantee you'll barely notice the performance penalty. :)

  5. Obligatory by thegnu · · Score: 5, Funny

    I do all my illegal activities on an Abacus.
    Red bead attempting to slide right.
    Cancel or Allow?

    --
    Please stop stalking me, bro.
  6. Re:Another Use for VMWare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like you'll be the first person Microsoft sues for ARSE-Crack.