Disclaimer: I write this not in the spirit of "let's break the law" but in the spirit of fun and thinking outside the box. Hope I'm not breaking the rules here, I would just like to chat about my thoughts.
I've been thinking about this topic over the past few days, and I had some questions and ideas for anyone who wants to debate on this. Questions are these.. How do they know the date that the files are destroyed? Is there a a way to bypass this short of changing your the cmos date in your computer?
And for the ideas... I may be full of crap, but I hope to inspire debate on this... if there was some way to bypass the system saying exactly when files are written, wouldn't it be a great idea if someone programmed a privacy utility that didn't necessarily write a pattern to the hard disk, thus making it obvious that files were wiped, but rather moves files that you currently have to take the place on the disk where the mp3's or other files were written thus making it appear that your drive is simply a bit defragmented.
You could even have it done several times with different files if you're really paranoid...
I would even suggest that the program be a standalone executable rather than something you would install into your system, and the thing would self destruct by overwriting itself in the same manner...
[TANGENT] i mean... hmmm couldn't a program create another process which would destroy the first for the purpose of stopping the first being used so that it could be deleted. [/TANGENT] Sometimes I really wish I knew how to program.
And for my second idea:
How about a second hard disk where all the mp3's and whatnot could be downloaded to... simply install whatever p2p program, keeping the default selection for the shared folder, then throw a few obscure GPL liscensed mp3's and what not into it...
Then go to options and change the shared folder to your second hard drive... Proceed to download merrily away until the RI double A catches ya, and demands you hand over the hard disk.
Go back to options, and change the shared folder back to the original, fire up a dos prompt, and do a "del/w metadata.xml" or whatever the name of the metadata file is, thus overwriting it with zeroes... then change directories to "C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Recent" do a "del/w *.*". Wiping these tiny files with zeroes I would think would be a lot more undetectable than wiping lots of mp3's using a pattern. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.
Shut off your comp, unplug the second hard drive and put it away. Turn your comp back on to allow windows to unload the second hard disk driver. Shut your comp back down, unplug the wanted hard drive, and present it to the RIAA. They ask you about the p2p software you have installed, tell them that its to help distribute the GPL mp3's you have in your shared folder (remember those?) Well why isn't there a metadata file on whatever files were uploaded? "Gosh Beaver, I guess no one liked them enough! Gee whiz!"
I know I'm probably missing a few details here, and maybe my understanding on the technicalities could be deepened... So feel free to respond!!
When I was 10 I was obsessed with this book on the BASIC programming language, and i would enter all the sample programs from it to see what they would do. I also made a few simple programs on my own... too bad I didn't keep up with the habit.
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Disclaimer: I write this not in the spirit of "let's break the law"
/w metadata.xml" or whatever the /w *.*". Wiping these tiny files with zeroes I would think would
but in the spirit of fun and thinking outside the box. Hope I'm not
breaking the rules here, I would just like to chat about my thoughts.
I've been thinking about this topic over the past few days, and I
had some questions and ideas for anyone who wants to debate on this.
Questions are these.. How do they know the date that the files are
destroyed? Is there a a way to bypass this short of changing your the
cmos date in your computer?
And for the ideas... I may be full of crap, but I hope to inspire
debate on this... if there was some way to bypass the system saying
exactly when files are written, wouldn't it be a great idea if someone
programmed a privacy utility that didn't necessarily write a pattern
to the hard disk, thus making it obvious that files were wiped, but
rather moves files that you currently have to take the place on the
disk where the mp3's or other files were written thus making it appear
that your drive is simply a bit defragmented.
You could even have it done several times with different files if
you're really paranoid...
I would even suggest that the program be a standalone executable
rather than something you would install into your system, and the
thing would self destruct by overwriting itself in the same manner...
[TANGENT] i mean... hmmm couldn't a program create another process
which would destroy the first for the purpose of stopping the first
being used so that it could be deleted. [/TANGENT]
Sometimes I really wish I knew how to program.
And for my second idea:
How about a second hard disk where all the mp3's and whatnot could
be downloaded to... simply install whatever p2p program, keeping the
default selection for the shared folder, then throw a few obscure GPL
liscensed mp3's and what not into it...
Then go to options and change the shared folder to your second hard
drive... Proceed to download merrily away until the RI double A catches
ya, and demands you hand over the hard disk.
Go back to options, and change the shared folder back to the original,
fire up a dos prompt, and do a "del
name of the metadata file is, thus overwriting it with zeroes... then
change directories to "C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Recent" do
a "del
be a lot more undetectable than wiping lots of mp3's using a pattern.
Correct me if I'm wrong, please.
Shut off your comp, unplug the second hard drive and put it away. Turn
your comp back on to allow windows to unload the second hard disk driver.
Shut your comp back down, unplug the wanted hard drive, and present it to
the RIAA. They ask you about the p2p software you have installed, tell
them that its to help distribute the GPL mp3's you have in your shared
folder (remember those?) Well why isn't there a metadata file on
whatever files were uploaded? "Gosh Beaver, I guess no one liked them
enough! Gee whiz!"
I know I'm probably missing a few details here, and maybe my
understanding on the technicalities could be deepened... So feel free
to respond!!
When I was 10 I was obsessed with this book on the BASIC programming language, and i would enter all the sample programs from it to see what they would do. I also made a few simple programs on my own... too bad I didn't keep up with the habit.