[103177] in Cypherpunks
Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Mon Sep 21 19:11:26 1998
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:23:01 -0500 (CDT)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Forwarded message:
> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:05:30 -0400
> From: Sunder <sunder@brainlink.com>
> Subject: Re: Stego-empty hard drives...
> What's this bullshit, eh? Just overwrite the BIOS roms in your machine to
> return all zeros for the sectors you don't want to show them. Have some
> special passphrase you have to type in while in the BIOS setup program to
> deactivate this. Most newer notebooks have flash upgradeable ROMs anyway.
What's this bullshit, eh?
I wonder how you propose to answer the question:
"Sir, exactly why are you typing that sentence into the computer at this
time?"
Now we have not only given them probably cause but clear evidence for a
prior intent to commit a crime. Even if your hard drive is clean they're
going to bust your ass.
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