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A server without disks can just as easily serve files as it can run a Tor node. I fail to see how this solves any problem or is useful deterrence of the police
by mukyu 15y ago
A server without disks can just as easily serve files as it can run a Tor node.
I fail to see how this solves any problem or is useful deterrence of the police seizing your box.
- jpdoctor 15y ago> I fail to see how this solves any problem or is useful deterrence of the police seizing your box. It's not a deterrence to seizing the box. It's a deterrence to finding anything on the box after seizing it.
- jethroalias97 15y agoAnd the arms race continues. I expect this will work only as long as law enforcement doesn't recognize it's a ram only box, after which they'd just keep it plugged in or drop it into liquid nitrogen to preserve the bits if they cared enough.
- vectorpush 15y agoEasier said than done, power can be cut in an instant or even automatically (triggered by unauthorized entrance to a facility, for example).
- jethroalias97 15y agoIf they get to it in time, that probably won't matter: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22chip.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22chip.html
- jpdoctor 15y agoIt will give a whole new meaning for when cops shout "Freeze!".
- anamax 15y agoDynamic ram refresh intervals are mindbogglingly conservative, especially if you're not running near the upper-temperature limit. In other words, DRAM doesn't lose information anywhere near as fast as the refresh intervals might suggest.
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- there 15y agohttp://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php http://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php
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- aw3c2 15y agoYes, and I would rather have law enforcement find nothing incriminating on my harddisk than being accused of obfuscation or destroying of evidence (this might be FUD).