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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."

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  1. Re:Another Use for VMWare by Zeinfeld · · Score: 0, Troll
    The story is idiotic. Yet more slashweenie editor 'nothing Microsoft can ever do is right' blather

    I care much more about the risk that I might lose work by accidentally deleting it than I do about the risk of someone subpoenaing me.

    I have copies of my key files on three computers, two USB drives and google. I use Vista and will continue to do so.

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  2. That's why... by one_red_eye · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... my disks are encrypted

    'dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda' FTW

  3. And A Lawyer's Duties Are .. ? by Toad-san · · Score: 0, Troll

    '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.'

    Soooo .. educate your miscreant clients on how to safely violate the law. What's the best way to commit your crimes while leaving the fewest traces. "This is how you murder someone, and here's how to make a silencer, and here's how to make a car bomb."

    Sigh ...

    First, let's kill all the lawyers.