[LINK] The Register: Aussie cops and Feds use DIRT

[Chirgwin, Richard]

I wouldn't panic ... reading the e-mail the Reg obtained seems to say
"reseller suckered, now in panic". My bet is that WRC, a minor reseller/SI,
has done its money.

I'd strongly suspect that WRC's "This is going to be an issue with the
Police department" is an attempt by the company to get DIRT's author to
believe there's a chance of a sale.

The headline's a bit of a misnomer as well: nowhere does the story suggest a
successful sale to the police.

Richard Chirgwin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathon Padfield [mailto:jpadfield@hotkey.net.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2002 21:38
> To: link@www.anu.edu.au
> Subject: [LINK] The Register: Aussie cops and Feds use DIRT
> 
> 
> I really don't know what to make of this article
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24477.html
> 
> Its bad enough electronic 'evidence' being as changable as writing in 
> the sand, but to suggest that the police want functionality that will 
> allow them to plant evidence and then remove any trace that they may 
> have done so is just scary.
> 
> -Jon
> 
>