Getting raided and computers.....?

Cyproz

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Hey i was wondering when and if they raid you for growing, do they look at your computer?, i assume they do. So i have a laptop and keep all my pictures on it, not on my camera just my laptop so i was wondering whats the best way to destroy the hard drive? could i just smash it? maybe drench it in light fluid and burn the whole thing?
 

SmokeyMcChokey

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to efficiently destroy your HDD you should rig an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) to detroy the magnetic writes on the drive. even after being burned they can still recover prtions of the info. Especially if you just dump the HDD unless it was written over its still on the drive. If your that far along in the search they probably wont need pictures to add to any charges.
 

Cyproz

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i guess but you never know. Sometimes they try to get greedy and put people away for longer.

So really i have no chance of destroying my HDD since i dont know how to rig an EMP.

well guess i cant get caught then lol
 

Cyproz

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i have about 500 pictures of growing, pipes, bongs, plants, nutes, and other stuff. I just thought they might use that in court or something, god forbid i get caught.
 

dfhrace

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you should store all of you "sensitive data" on an external HDD and then if for some reason you were to get raided and had a little bit of time crack that baby open and start smashing with a hammer....now this wont erase your data but if you break the platters up enough there will be no chance of them reading it
 

......

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Unless your a child molestor they most likely wont check,If they found your plants in your home they got enough evidence against you already to convict you.I hope it has nothing to do with the first part.
 

Cyproz

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lol no im no child molestor. The only thing thats touched my dick has been my hand so far lol.
 

......

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I also heard a strong magnet could erase a HDD but id look into it more cause im not sure.
 

The Real Peter Parker

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Microwave 2 cds that suck, stack them on top of each other and block a light with them, then rotate them on each other. Really groovy patterns and shit.

EDIT: Those AOL one or ones that won't play work best. If all else fails use Soulja Boy, or Panic at the disco or fall out boy or nickelback or hinder if you got em.
 
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Sr. Verde

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Microwave 2 cds that suck, stack them on top of each other and block a light with them, then rotate them on each other. Really groovy patterns and shit.

EDIT: Those AOL one or ones that won't play work best. If all else fails use Soulja Boy, or Panic at the disco or fall out boy or nickelback or hinder if you got em.

Yeah you can wipe the data with a magnet

Or just incript it with some 128bit shit... If it was that heavily encrypted I doubt they would use the resources on trying to break the code
 

SmokeyMcChokey

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you should store all of you "sensitive data" on an external HDD and then if for some reason you were to get raided and had a little bit of time crack that baby open and start smashing with a hammer....now this wont erase your data but if you break the platters up enough there will be no chance of them reading it
ehhh if they really want to they can take 200 pieces of the platter and run them individualy through a reader then recreate the HDD through common byte strings. So really all you need is a capacitor connected to an electro magnet to release the capacitors electricity to the electromagnet after being tripped by a securty device. its all been done before.
 

SmokeyMcChokey

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I also heard a strong magnet could erase a HDD but id look into it more cause im not sure.
But an EMP WILL erase anything written on a hard drive. If its a stronger magnetic field than used to write the disk than it erases the disk. Even simple neodymium magnets will erase standard HDD's. I know because i work on cell sites and they use advanced HDD's as paige RAM that use neodymium magnets to write the drive. they are out dated now but i break them down and pull the magnets and platters to sell them. only the magnets sell and the platters we put on our door handles. it looks cool. ill take a pic tomorrow. and they still retain a mild magnetic charge and will pull your keys to them
 

SmokeyMcChokey

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Yeah you can wipe the data with a magnet

Or just incript it with some 128bit shit... If it was that heavily encrypted I doubt they would use the resources on trying to break the code
128 wep is de encrypted in seconds using standard algorithm's. thats almost the first thought of any cyber active investigator. if i wanted to and was in range of your "secure network" i could easily penetrate your 128 encryption and even exploit it to become undetectable. I could even proxy through your network once compromised. its all a matter of will. Who really want to bother with all that. Some lames will though just to make others feel frustrated
 

gogrow

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my thoughts on the subject are, who gives a shit about the pictures on your computer, when they raided your house and physically confiscated plants???? pictures dont mean a damn for neither party after that...
 

First Time Growin

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to efficiently destroy your HDD you should rig an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) to detroy the magnetic writes on the drive. even after being burned they can still recover prtions of the info. Especially if you just dump the HDD unless it was written over its still on the drive. If your that far along in the search they probably wont need pictures to add to any charges.

plz do tell! lol i wanna make an emp XD
 

dfhrace

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"ehhh if they really want to they can take 200 pieces of the platter and run them individualy through a reader then recreate the HDD through common byte strings. So really all you need is a capacitor connected to an electro magnet to release the capacitors electricity to the electromagnet after being tripped by a securty device. its all been done before"

sure they COULD try and read all of the little pieces of the platters but it really were to depend on who he was raided by if its local or state PD most of them will not have the budget to send that to a lab to have them try and scan it....it costs a good deal of cash to do that. but i think we are all thinking wayyyyy too far into this because like everyone has been saying if they find his plants hes fucked no matter what. i did like the cd idea and if you have alot of data instead of using a bunch of cds us a dvd then pop that bad boy in the microwave

as for the EMPs if you want more info on them.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse and to build one http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/howto-create-an-emp-bomb-of-your-own/ although some knowledge of electronic hardware is a good thing this circuit is a very simple EMP but there are much more complex ones on the internets
 

Woodstock.Hippie

New Member
Sledge hammer works well for me.

Know where the hard disk is located.

I run a computer refurbishing business.

It really is all a a matter of will.

If someone wants your shit bad enough, they are gonna get it.

Most folks don't' want to deal with the dollars required for forensic data recovery.
 

skervy

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why are people so paranoid about thing ^^ like the one guy said unless your some child molestor and have kiddy porn or something i dont think cops will care 1 b it about a computer
 
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