Category Archives: Encryption

Theft/acces to confidential data

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Audrey Guinchard

BT researchers bought on e-bay 300 hard drives and checked their data content. The results are surprising and scary: 34% of the drives contain data easily identifiable to real persons or companies, some contained high security data such as log … Continue reading →

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Investigation – no obstacle of encryption?

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Audrey Guinchard

“RIPA ruling closes encryption key loophole” (The Register, 17 October 2008) and on the wide use of encryption: “When Everything On The Internet Is Encrypted…” (TechDirt, 10 July 2008)

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Investigation: police forces and the internet

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Audrey Guinchard

The negative (and recurrent) view about the need for special forces and more money to tackle cybercrime: (15 February 2008)http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39292863,00.htm?r=1 and more specific problems of investigations: “German Government Struggles To Tap Encrypted Skype Calls” (28 January 2008)http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080127/10382079.shtml with a US … Continue reading →

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Cybercrime and police investigation

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Audrey Guinchard

An often left on the side issue is the difficulties police forces encountered when investigating crime committed with the use of internet:for an example, encryption being a nuisance (although it is supposed to create security to prevent cybercrime, rather than … Continue reading →

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