Comments on: Filehound Lets Police Sniff Out Renamed Porn and Other Files on Hard Drives http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/filehound-lets-police-sniff-out-renamed-porn-and-other-files-on-hard-drives/ Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:17:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jim http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/filehound-lets-police-sniff-out-renamed-porn-and-other-files-on-hard-drives/#comment-14457 Jim Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:20:52 +0000 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/filehound-lets-police-sniff-out-renamed-porn-and-other-files-on-hard-drives#comment-14457 Ummm.... Just what's new about this ? I guess Filehound checks a file's header to see what type of file it really is. IrfanView (for example) has done this for years. Also I'd expect Filehound to fail in finding "any files that contain photo data" when someone uses an encrypted Zip is used to "hide their illicit files". Filehound appears to be useful only for catching the most stupid of criminals, and for making money from non-computer-savy LEOs. Ummm…. Just what’s new about this ? I guess Filehound checks a file’s header to see what type of file it really is. IrfanView (for example) has done this for years.

Also I’d expect Filehound to fail in finding “any files that contain photo data” when someone uses an encrypted Zip is used to “hide their illicit files”. Filehound appears to be useful only for catching the most stupid of criminals, and for making money from non-computer-savy LEOs.

]]> By: bigbri@merr.com http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/filehound-lets-police-sniff-out-renamed-porn-and-other-files-on-hard-drives/#comment-13007 bigbri@merr.com Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:21:31 +0000 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/filehound-lets-police-sniff-out-renamed-porn-and-other-files-on-hard-drives#comment-13007 In a related matter, found this on the Oogle Earth Blog tonight: The case for encrypting GPS data Tuesday, October 17, 2006 (07:35 UTC) Dean Brown of Racine, Wisconsin, has unwittingly made the case for encryption in GPS units. He was pulled over by police while driving with freshly harvested marijuana in his car and arrested, according to the Racine Report. But that was just the start of his troubles: Deputies found a GPS unit around Brown’s neck with coordinates to areas throughout Racine County, the complaint said. On Saturday, Metro Drug agents plugged coordinates saved in Brown’s GPS unit into Google Earth... ... and they found all his grow sites. And now he faces 59 years in prison! For marijuana! What a dummy. In a related matter, found this on the Oogle Earth Blog tonight:
The case for encrypting GPS data
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 (07:35 UTC)
Dean Brown of Racine, Wisconsin, has unwittingly made the case for encryption in GPS units. He was pulled over by police while driving with freshly harvested marijuana in his car and arrested, according to the Racine Report. But that was just the start of his troubles:

Deputies found a GPS unit around Brown’s neck with coordinates to areas throughout Racine County, the complaint said. On Saturday, Metro Drug agents plugged coordinates saved in Brown’s GPS unit into Google Earth… … and they found all his grow sites. And now he faces 59 years in prison! For marijuana!

What a dummy.

]]> By: Kimo http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/filehound-lets-police-sniff-out-renamed-porn-and-other-files-on-hard-drives/#comment-12950 Kimo Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:12:15 +0000 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/filehound-lets-police-sniff-out-renamed-porn-and-other-files-on-hard-drives#comment-12950 Sounds a lot like Hitler's 1930's Germany...! The Gestapo is alive and well in the good ole USA! Sounds a lot like Hitler’s 1930’s Germany…!

The Gestapo is alive and well in the good ole USA!

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