For those who lack the technical background, here is a brief description of how "computer forensics" is usually done to collect and preserve evidence. Yes, there's a tie-in to the Hunter Biden laptop
Great article as usual. So many techies know their stuff but cannot translate it into simple words. You are a pro for that. Wish the right people would recognize this talent.
HI! I graduated Rose in 1988 with an EE degree - cool to see you here. Patrick Byrne claims it's 400,000 images, not 400 GB. Since most of the images are likely jpeg, you could easily expand 200 GB (or less) of jpeg to 400 GB of data. Also claims of using a technique to get bits that were overwritten using physics techniques - clearly outside the ability of most and seems to me to require the original drive. Thanks for all your posts!
I'm a year behind you... 1989. I've been chatting with some people with direct contact with JP Mac Issac. There are too many holes in the various versions of events to be comfortable. Maxey's claims do not hold credibility, especially given his ridiculous claims a week or so ago about the 'root certificates' for DOD sites. They had no idea what those are actually used for (its benign) and they ran with it in ridiculous directions. Doesn't matter if Maxey has the physical drive, anyway. None of this ultimately matters, because of the way our legal system works. Hunter can't be prosecuted for any crimes the sole evidence for which exist on those drives. In a way, dumping them publicly was the best defense he had at the time, assuming everything on them is legit as he committed as many crimes as it appears he did. The content on those drives cannot be used as a sole predicate for indicting him. There has to be predicates from something not connected to the drives and not reliant upon them.
Indeed, indeed. BRAVO! These are exactly the same remarks I would have made as an expert witness (I think my 42+ years of commercial/military experience would perhaps qualify me). It's not impossible to recover so-called "erased" sectors, especially from a spinning disk. My first reaction to the size discrepancies was exactly "encryption/compression used?" Much like you, I'm reserving judgement until more details are known. But anything is possible, which is why digital forensics are so important.
Great article as usual. So many techies know their stuff but cannot translate it into simple words. You are a pro for that. Wish the right people would recognize this talent.
HI! I graduated Rose in 1988 with an EE degree - cool to see you here. Patrick Byrne claims it's 400,000 images, not 400 GB. Since most of the images are likely jpeg, you could easily expand 200 GB (or less) of jpeg to 400 GB of data. Also claims of using a technique to get bits that were overwritten using physics techniques - clearly outside the ability of most and seems to me to require the original drive. Thanks for all your posts!
I'm a year behind you... 1989. I've been chatting with some people with direct contact with JP Mac Issac. There are too many holes in the various versions of events to be comfortable. Maxey's claims do not hold credibility, especially given his ridiculous claims a week or so ago about the 'root certificates' for DOD sites. They had no idea what those are actually used for (its benign) and they ran with it in ridiculous directions. Doesn't matter if Maxey has the physical drive, anyway. None of this ultimately matters, because of the way our legal system works. Hunter can't be prosecuted for any crimes the sole evidence for which exist on those drives. In a way, dumping them publicly was the best defense he had at the time, assuming everything on them is legit as he committed as many crimes as it appears he did. The content on those drives cannot be used as a sole predicate for indicting him. There has to be predicates from something not connected to the drives and not reliant upon them.
Indeed, indeed. BRAVO! These are exactly the same remarks I would have made as an expert witness (I think my 42+ years of commercial/military experience would perhaps qualify me). It's not impossible to recover so-called "erased" sectors, especially from a spinning disk. My first reaction to the size discrepancies was exactly "encryption/compression used?" Much like you, I'm reserving judgement until more details are known. But anything is possible, which is why digital forensics are so important.
EXCELLENT! I was able to follow along and appreciated the humor! Good job!