FBI Enlists Geek Squad

Posted on 2017-01-122017-01-12 by Daniel Fishman

By Tom Jackman January 9

At a giant Best Buy repair shop in Brooks, Ky., Geek Squad technicians work on computers owned by people across the country, delving into them to retrieve lost data. Over several years, a handful of those workers have notified the FBI when they see signs of child pornography, earning payments from the agency. Read full article at Washington Post

NOTE – In this case, the alleged files weree in “unallocated space” – they had been deleted. The tech had to intentionlly scan for dleted files and would not have been able to see or recover them without special tools.

Support Apple’s Fight to Protect Digital Security

Posted on 2016-02-202016-02-20 by Daniel Fishman

Sign the petition at https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/apple-privacy-petition

Read the letter from Tim Cook http://www.apple.com/customer-letter/

FBI Weighs Looser Pot Rules for New Hires – Funny

Posted on 2014-05-212014-05-21 by Daniel Fishman

From todays WSJ – quote from FBI Director James Comey

Congress has authorized the FBI to add 2,000 personnel to its rolls this year, and many of those new recruits will be assigned to tackle cybercrimes, a growing priority for the agency. That is a problem, said Mr. Comey, as a lot of the nation's top computer programmers and hacking gurus are also fond of marijuana.

"I have to hire a great work force to compete with those cybercriminals, and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview," Mr. Comey said. He added that the agency was now "grappling" with how to amend its marijuana policies. Full Article