Re: Hard Drive Destruct System?

From: Al Dykes (adykes_at_panix.com)
Date: 11/28/04

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    In article <cod8kl$1eq$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca>,
    Bill Unruh <unruh@string.physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
    >unruh location:string.physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh) writes:
    >
    >]adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) writes:
    >]]What motivation would IBM have to lie about this ? If they had the
    >]]capaility to recover data and used it for some customer the fact would
    >]]get out and they'd look like fools, and the other corproate customers
    >]]that bought these systems would be looking for another brand, on the
    >]]spot.
    >
    >Motivation? How about the govenment-- "Make damn sure that you build in a
    >password recovery system that we can use, or watch all your gov't contracts
    >disappear". I would say that the probability of password recovery is 100%.
    >
    >

    Yes, there might be a back door but part of the agreement would be to
    _NEVER_ admit it to the customer.

    If you are in a business where you have to worry about Men In Black
    reading your data you've got lots of things to worry about and need
    layers of defense. A keystroke sniffer could give them your PIN and
    they'd be able to read your data without the backdoor.

      

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