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DECAF Was Just a Stunt, Now Over

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the insecure-security dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us of the de-activation of all copies of DECAF. The creators have announced that the DECAF project was nothing more than a "stunt to raise awareness for security and the need for better forensic tools." Originally DECAF was billed as a tool to stop Microsoft's forensic tool "COFEE" and was covered here earlier this week. In addition to their message of security the authors somehow manage to interject a discussion about religion, so who knows what the real goal was.

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  1. Timebombware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    This is a perfect example of a software time bomb. I hope anyone who downloaded it learned their lesson. Unlikely, since anyone who downloaded it is still using Windows.

    1. Re:Timebombware by maxume · · Score: 2, Informative

      Perhaps most of us are Windows users that did not download and install the program?

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      Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
  2. Re:Lie, cheat, and steal for Christ! by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 3, Informative

    One of my favorite quotes. But the actual quote is "I do not reject your Christ, I love your Christ. It is just that so many of you Christians are so unlike your Christ."
    Gandhi never actually said he did not like Christians, just that they do not act like Christ.

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    "But this one goes to 11!"
  3. Re:Libertarians by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not everyone who isn't a libertarian is ignorant or malicious.

    Ignoring the possibility that someone could understand your ideas, yet still have sincere, fundamental disagreements with them is one of the ways our brains filter out contradictory information. Don't fall into that trap.

  4. Re:heh by jd_mccloud · · Score: 3, Informative

    They might have shutdown decafme.org server but that is simple to get around. Full details: http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/12/reactivating-decaf-in-two-minutes/.
    Plus the whole Hoax angle is totally false itself.