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Cerebus:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on August 01, 2020, 05:20:46 am ---Even if I got a police request or court order for some reason, I'd probably just hand over the raw database and say "here, you do the work to find it".

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Although I know you're just saying that to illustrate your "I'm not touching that with yours" attitude to the technology in question I'm still going to say "That's never a good idea".

As the man who used to have to deal with all the official requests for data for an ISP/telco I can tell you from experience that if you give them an inch they'll take a mile if you let them.

I'd get a request over the phone and my response would be "OK, I'll make sure the evidence is going to be preserved but I'm gonna have to have the official paperwork before I can release it". Nine times out of ten I find that when the paperwork (court order, whatever) arrives I find that what was asked for and what they have official permission to take are two very different things, and they never asked for less than they were actually permitted to take.

The police (and similar bodies) have a very cavalier attitude towards complying with the law when it's them that have to do the complying. Give 'em half a chance (like a complete open database) and they'll go on a fishing trip looking for something they can prosecute someone for completely unrelated to the matter at hand. Should that happen, be discovered and someone decide that "someone must take the blame for this" you know which out of a 'official' and oneself is going to be left carrying the can (which is another way of saying there are serious liability issues at stake). Always, always vet 'official' requests/demands for data and never give them direct uncontrolled access to data stores.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Cerebus on August 01, 2020, 03:17:15 pm ---Always, always vet 'official' requests/demands for data and never give them direct uncontrolled access to data stores.
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Chill out, I know what I'm doing, I was just being hyperbolic.

Cerebus:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on August 03, 2020, 01:34:38 am ---
--- Quote from: Cerebus on August 01, 2020, 03:17:15 pm ---Always, always vet 'official' requests/demands for data and never give them direct uncontrolled access to data stores.
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Chill out, I know what I'm doing, I was just being hyperbolic.

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Er yeah, I got that. That's exactly why I prefaced all of what I said with:


--- Quote from: Cerebus on August 01, 2020, 03:17:15 pm ---Although I know you're just saying that to illustrate your "I'm not touching that with yours" attitude to the technology in question I'm still going to say "That's never a good idea".

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AaronB:
Hi, I was trying to attach an innocuous picture to a post in a thread, but it was rejected for security reasons? How do I know what the problem is, message said to contact the moderators.

tautech:

--- Quote from: AaronB on October 31, 2020, 10:13:37 pm ---Hi, I was trying to attach an innocuous picture to a post in a thread, but it was rejected for security reasons? How do I know what the problem is, message said to contact the moderators.

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What exactly is the file type ? (suffix)

In the Attachments drop down is this:
Allowed file types: doc, gif, jpg, jpeg, pdf, png, txt, zip, tar, c, h, hex, bas, xls, odt, asm, wav, aiff, wma, mp3, flac, asc, ods, xlsx, py, 7z

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