Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones

Re:Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones by dingusdew on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @03:01PM (#35966160)

All I have to say is that it shouldn't just be a process to wipe data, but it should be that if you don't wipe data, and it includes data about people who are not yourself, that selling it without wiping it should be considered a criminal act of negligence.

Of course the US couldn't give one shit about that. Our privacy laws are fucking bullshit.

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Re:Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones by vuln on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @04:24PM (#35967281)

What about shadow volumes? Encrypted hidden data?

How about a criminal act of negligence to sell anything that _can_ at one point or another store data. Then we can just destroy all of these electronics as the _climate change warriors_ cry about that too.

I swear there is no good outcome. Everyone will find something to complain about and suggest laws and jail time to prosecute the behavior while others are screaming to defund police and that the US incarceration rate is too high.

Unless they’re CEOs or “rich” then we can send them all to jail based on public opinion.

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Re:Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones by burnished on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @05:21PM (#35967915)

If it was hidden or inaccessible it seems obvious that you have no longer acted negligently.

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Re:Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones by throwawayadvsec on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @07:46PM (#35969355)

Actually wiping a disk will erase shadow volumes and hidden data

are you that ignorant about how disks works or just trolling?

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