seattletimes.nwsource.com — Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes.The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, is a USB "thumb drive" that was quietly distributed to a handful of law-enforcement agencies last June.
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samboraApr 30, 2008
I call propaganda.
estvirMay 1, 2008
If you really think that Mac OS or Linux will hold up to someone who has physical access, you're delusional.
thewindblowsMay 1, 2008
Automation can easily be done with a loader app or a bat or shell scripted file.
squiretoadMay 1, 2008
Well said, GregoryFenton! Police are so eager to get "instant gratification" and proof of their suspicions / accusations .. that they muddy the very waters they must drink for a conviction! Nothing like evidence tampering, eh?Goes hand in hand with the recent court decisions that the Gestapo ... errrrr .. US Customs can examine every single laptop (and presumably other electronic devices) passing through an airport or other Customs gateway .. and pretty much do anything they want at that point.I don't travel any more .. but if I did, I'd have a laptop especially prepared. One that I'd fire up right in front of the Customs cops (but before entering their jurisdiction. And then I'd run my special program that would purge the hard drive, file by file, sector by sector .. detailing its progress in big orange letters on the screen.Yeah, given the current state of things, I'd probably get the full body cavity search in response (TANJ) .. but it would be worth it, to poke a thumb in the bureaucratic eyeball ...Toad
abstractcoreMay 16, 2008
Hmm, I think I shall remove my USB sockets and stick to firewire... FIREWIRE FTW!
v3nomNov 7, 2009
It leaked to the internets yesterday.