Police raid friend's house, take his PC and return it with disk wiped for giving out

j0hnsmith said:
Encryption isn't going to help you get your data back if someone wipes the drive.

I don't understand how it can be legal for the police to wipe someone's drive if they haven't been convicted of anything, imagine it was paper documents (I assume) they wouldn't be allowed to black them out.
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I don't think there's any possible way of getting back the lost data. I think he's onto preventative measures moving forward.

The Uk police undertake many illegal activities, as do the Uk government. What some departments seem to forget is the European court of human rights. There are quite a few systems in place which I'm fairly confident could be reasonably challenged in that court.

And then there are cases of blatant cover-ups where wrongdoing has taken place right up to and including the high court. (One that springs to mind involved the deaths of 96 football fans):
Hillsborough cover-up ‘worse than first thought’

This shit goes on all the time here. It's often not widely reported though.
 


microphone head said:
Yep - I'm still in London, but I think in 2014 that will change somehow.

I assume Italy has a similar cost of living to Uk? Certainly enjoys finer weather... and I guess if you like feisty women then it's ideal! ;)

I'm actually thinking about the far east, although I have quite a few friends in Aus & NZ so that might be a good option.

Anyway - get your friend to Truecrypt his important drives as use the hidden partition. As for email - well we all know how Google treat privacy... so I'm not sure gmail is the best option, but there are plenty of ways of skinning a cat.
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Italy is a great place to live. It's cheap to eat out. I buy clothes when I come to the UK b/c they can be pricey here, but I live in a small town: in Rome prices are lower. Rent is about the same as the UK (outside of London). Petrol is €1.69 a litre ! Train tickets are very cheap. People drink a lot less here and life on the whole is far superior. I do miss English beers though - local stuff is crap.
 
Unarmed Gunman said:
I remember the good old days when reading something like this would make me thankful to be living in the U.S...
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From what I've read this type of state led behaviour is worse in the USA. I don't think you can be thrown in jail for months on end without charge in the UK.

However, who gives a toss which is worse - these people (police, politicians) are meant to be our servants, not our dictators and they are getting way out of control.
 
What made you decide on Italy out of interest? I have lived in other countries and have no problem adapting to new cultures etc. I'm also quite good with languages and generally have no problem learning it when I live in a different country. Something like Italian would be very easy for me.
 
Aside from hot bitches on Vespas, Italy has a wonderful food culture, scenic views and some exceptional porn.
 
microphone head said:
What made you decide on Italy out of interest? I have lived in other countries and have no problem adapting to new cultures etc. I'm also quite good with languages and generally have no problem learning it when I live in a different country. Something like Italian would be very easy for me.
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I have kids in the UK and wanted to be reasonably close but didn't want Spain or France. I loved Italy so opted for there. It's a great place to live.
 
And yet you see these radical Islamic fucks holding up posters that say, "Kill Christians" and the cops don't do anything.
 
Something tells me there's more to this story than we're hearing. Gets raided for a few flyers, but this is fine and dandy?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psZBaJU_Cvo]The Horrific Muslim Infiltration Of Britain - Luton 2012 - YouTube[/ame]

"UK go to hell!"

"British police go to hell!"

???
 
Kiopa,

The law isn't like code. It isn't consistent. It is used by those in power to further their own goals. Selective enforcement = more actual power.
 
Tell him to pass out meatspin flyers and tell the muslims to fuck themselves. Dont sugar coat it.

Get a steel door, put this sticker on his door
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and broadcast underground radio transmitions.
 
Kiopa_Matt said:
Something tells me there's more to this story than we're hearing. Gets raided for a few flyers, but this is fine and dandy?

The Horrific Muslim Infiltration Of Britain - Luton 2012 - YouTube

"UK go to hell!"

"British police go to hell!"

???
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Incitement to racial hatred (the crime we're talking about here) is only incitement to racial hatred when non-muslims are doing the incitement. It is stomped on particularly heavily when white young men are involved. Otherwise a blind eye is turned.

muslim-protest-sign-massacre-those-who-insult-islam.jpg


Etc
 
Kiopa_Matt said:
Something tells me there's more to this story than we're hearing. Gets raided for a few flyers, but this is fine and dandy?

The Horrific Muslim Infiltration Of Britain - Luton 2012 - YouTube

"UK go to hell!"

"British police go to hell!"

???
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I think those things are fairly rare, at least here - I've only seen Muslim groups handing out flyers a couple of times in London, and they've been quiet, curteous, and don't claim you'll be going to hell etc if you don't convert. During the London riots, I heard of multiple Mosques helping to defend shops.

The Christians on the other hand... Larger amounts of people, repent or die, whistles, right in your face...

In both cases, I'm talking about the more heavily religious ones, not the groups as a whole, but I'd much rather your average heavily religious Muslim handing out flyers to the average heavily religious Christian handing them out. Groups like the EDL are generally dealt with with a much firmer hand, because at their protests, there's always been much more of a history of violence, rather than just words. Not that the instance mentioned in this thread was right, assuming wezcountry is telling the full story.
 
If you refuse to hand over the password to an encrypted drive in the UK, isn't it like a 2 year prison sentence?

I'm glad I don't live there. I've got a couple of old external drives that I was playing with, tested encrypting them with truecrypt and eventually forgot the passwords lol. Crazy to think I could be put in prison for years for that in the UK.

As much as we like to bitch about things here in the states, at least we still have some shred of the 5th amendment left and can't be compelled to give up our passwords as far as I know.

As others have said, they can still wipe an encrypted drive, so that's not going to save your data. Off site or cloud backups are your friends only real options.
 
It might be best to store his files remotely, dont leave a trace on his computer and keep everything un encrypted. If his hardware does get confiscated again, when they dig into it they will see he has "nothing to hide".

Having encrypted files on a computer just raises questions and curiosity.
 
Zaino said:
Tell him to pass out meatspin flyers and tell the muslims to fuck themselves. Dont sugar coat it.

Get a steel door, put this sticker on his door
pf043%20-%20protected%20smith%20and%20wesson%20decals.jpg


and broadcast underground radio transmitions.
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Vote ban for extreme idiocy. Stop posting.
 
BrandonSI said:
It might be best to store his files remotely, dont leave a trace on his computer and keep everything un encrypted. If his hardware does get confiscated again, when they dig into it they will see he has "nothing to hide".

Having encrypted files on a computer just raises questions and curiosity.
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This is why you use a hidden Truecrypt partition. It's what it's made for really.
You encrypt one partition that looks like the partition you are 'trying' to hide. You hand over the password to that. The real data is in your properly hidden partition.
 
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