Just Wait Until Data Thieves Start Releasing Altered and Fake Emails
This article is absolutely frightening! Imagine someone were to send altered documents about your financial medical or even personal situation! Be very careful with your online security. Understand that anything you type into a computer, cell phone or any piece of technology can be exploited. This virtual world is the new wild, wild West:
-MTG
Just Wait Until Data Thieves Start Releasing Altered and Fake Emails by Bruce Schneier
Yes, and here's Matt's Libertarianism coming out. If you remember some of my rants within the hornets' nest at work crying foul concerning "Printed out" emails. That's not evidence. Stemming from my business, email"s can and are more than often faked. That's why, at least, if you're in trouble with the Law or a company, always insist on raw digital versions so you can check the meta data and watermarks.
Yes, some organizations have water marks in the scripts to better determine authenticity. That's why the hardcopy emails to Congress and for FOIA requests should be null and void. The Feds can and often do demand the raw data from suspects for their investigations, because there is obfuscation, deletions, and "washing" of emails. Hence, those emails mentioned regarding HRC's activities are hooey.
It's rare that the DOJ gets "copies". I can't believe that Judicial Watch settles for such copies either. Now, if you get Xeroxes from the National Archives, those are bona fide copies and there's a record of who made the copies and who got the copies. That is different.
I mentioned to you about trusted data in my rant this morning. Bodes so true with this article.
- Matt Caldwell
