Do *not* break up with your girlfriend unless you purge the data from the hard drive
10-06-10, 11:30 PM
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Do *not* break up with your girlfriend unless you purge the data from the hard drive
From Cycling News: some of the data used to issue a lifetime ban against Michael O'Bee was retrieved from a hard drive on a computer he shared with his girlfirend. Story makes it seems that she handed over the data voluntarily; no court order or subpoena was neeed.
Ruh-oh.
"The correspondence, from a personal email account O’Bee acknowledged was his, was used as non-analytical evidence in USADA charges that centered around his May 20, 2009, positive out-of-competition test for synthetic EPO.
"In late 2008 O’Bee’s former girlfriend, Suzanne Johnson, turned over records of the incriminating emails to USADA from a jointly owned computer, providing evidence that he had purchased performance-enhancing drugs over the Internet and then corresponded about the use of those drugs.
"According to the AAA panel decision, O’Bee’s romantic relationship with Johnson ended in December 2005, but resumed, for a short time, from February to September 2008 before ending badly, with Johnson obtaining a protection order prohibiting O’Bee from returning to their residence following the 2008 Tour of Missouri.
"The emails, and other computer-based documents, were forensically retrieved from computer disks Johnson provided to USADA in late October or early November 2008. O’Bee denied having composed or sent the incriminating emails, suggesting that Johnson had fabricated or altered them. "
Here's the full story:
https://velonews.competitor.com/2010/...medium=twitter
I thought the accusation that the former girlfriend had fabricated the data was interesting. She's also probably the one who sent out to Spain for steaks.
Ruh-oh.
"The correspondence, from a personal email account O’Bee acknowledged was his, was used as non-analytical evidence in USADA charges that centered around his May 20, 2009, positive out-of-competition test for synthetic EPO.
"In late 2008 O’Bee’s former girlfriend, Suzanne Johnson, turned over records of the incriminating emails to USADA from a jointly owned computer, providing evidence that he had purchased performance-enhancing drugs over the Internet and then corresponded about the use of those drugs.
"According to the AAA panel decision, O’Bee’s romantic relationship with Johnson ended in December 2005, but resumed, for a short time, from February to September 2008 before ending badly, with Johnson obtaining a protection order prohibiting O’Bee from returning to their residence following the 2008 Tour of Missouri.
"The emails, and other computer-based documents, were forensically retrieved from computer disks Johnson provided to USADA in late October or early November 2008. O’Bee denied having composed or sent the incriminating emails, suggesting that Johnson had fabricated or altered them. "
Here's the full story:
https://velonews.competitor.com/2010/...medium=twitter
I thought the accusation that the former girlfriend had fabricated the data was interesting. She's also probably the one who sent out to Spain for steaks.
10-07-10, 07:28 AM
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now we see why he broke up with her...
10-07-10, 08:21 AM
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And deleting is not enough. You can delete everything and the data is still there until it's overwritten.
Destory the hard drive.
[Legal disclaimer: before you are aware of any pending or threatened litigation, or any request to preserve or produce the information, and only in the ordinary course of your document retention, and IT maintenence policies.]
Destory the hard drive.
[Legal disclaimer: before you are aware of any pending or threatened litigation, or any request to preserve or produce the information, and only in the ordinary course of your document retention, and IT maintenence policies.]
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You could hit a tree and die.
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10-07-10, 01:01 PM
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Nice cya there 
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"b!tch set me up!"
people often ask me what is the best way to delete a hard drive. when i say "with a hammer" - i get puzzled looks.
people often ask me what is the best way to delete a hard drive. when i say "with a hammer" - i get puzzled looks.
10-07-10, 01:24 PM
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10-07-10, 01:36 PM
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I put one in a fireplace for awhile, started a fire over it, and then dug out the pieces the next day after the ashes had cooled.
10-07-10, 02:51 PM
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So burn that thing!
10-07-10, 04:27 PM
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And deleting is not enough. You can delete everything and the data is still there until it's overwritten.
Destory the hard drive.
[Legal disclaimer: before you are aware of any pending or threatened litigation, or any request to preserve or produce the information, and only in the ordinary course of your document retention, and IT maintenence policies.]
Destory the hard drive.
[Legal disclaimer: before you are aware of any pending or threatened litigation, or any request to preserve or produce the information, and only in the ordinary course of your document retention, and IT maintenence policies.]
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Also if you have stuff you don't want people to find I would start be putting it on an encrypted part of the drive, with only a password you know. Then when you want to get rid of it comes all the overwrites.
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I've got your restraining order right here. [grabs crotch] Restrain this!
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my favorite story along these lines was the bug report for a browser that was submitted by an ex-wife/girlfriend. She became an ex when she discovered her SO regularly logged into dating sites. The bug was that she was able to get his login information even though she was not logged into his account.
I would think that your internet performance-enhancing-drug buying would be relatively safe from anyone other than law enforcement if you used one of the secure file deletion programs. Maybe he didn't even bother to delete anything at all.
I would think that your internet performance-enhancing-drug buying would be relatively safe from anyone other than law enforcement if you used one of the secure file deletion programs. Maybe he didn't even bother to delete anything at all.
