Vista For Forensic Investigators

Ant writes "SecurityFocus has a two-part article offering a high-level look at changes in Windows Vista that a computer forensic investigator needs to know about. Part 1 covers the different versions of Vista available and Vista's built-in encryption, backup, and system protection features. Part 2 continues with a look at typical user activities such as Web browser and email usage."

Vista is for criminals, it assists encryption

[Anonymous Coward]

If someone uses encryption, then obviously they are trying to hide somthing illegal or unlawful.

In Linux, encryption is done with unusual and special commands in conjuction with mounting a "loop" device to a filesystem; requiring administrator privileges to try to encrypt data like that, and adding to the subversion of a system with evidence of a corrupt administrator.

What kind of administrator would allow encryption on a filesystem? Obviously, a criminal.

Information is meant to be free, and open source. Encryption is somthing we would expect Mycrow$oft to use to help criminals be found by the good god-fearing men and women of the DEA/FBI/CIA/GATT/IMF/IRS just to atone for their sins.

Good people use OSX.

Call me,
  Eve.

Wow.

[eviloverlordx]

I would've figured that the investigators' computers would be too slow from running Vista to investigate much of anything.

I find it funny.

[figleaf]

that the article mentions Slashdot and Register as a reference for a Microsoft OS.

Re:If they want to bust you, they will

[mboverload]

IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE THEN YOU WON'T MIND US LOOKING THROUGH YOUR BROWSER HISTORY, MR NINE

*mboverload is sad because he hears these arguments from people but doesn't know how to fight against it. Someone help.*

Re:No encryption by default

[mboverload]

> Do you really think it's beyond Microsoft to program in a covert channel that transmits sensitive data back to them or another party?

Yes.

How's the Vista from there?

[FMota91]

How are they going to find anything looking through Windows?

Re:No encryption by default

[sunwukong]

They could be sending credit card numbers, or SSNs, or your personal files, or your porn, or even every single piece of data on your computer!

I've never read a more self-redundant sentence.