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Posted: 6:03 PM Mar 25, 2008
What Personal Secrets Are On Your Computer's Hard Drive
Digging Deep Into Computer's Hard Drive Leaves Clues There's nothing anonymous about the internet.
Reporter: Bill Murray Email Address: bill.murray@wsaz.com |
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What's on your computer's hard drive is a road map of where you've been on the internet. More and more companies, including law enforcement agencies are learning how to track it all down.
At Marshall University, there's a new program at the Forensic Science Center called the "Information Security and Digital Evidence Program". The week of March 24th, the Science Center is hosting a "bootcamp" workshop on digital evidence software.
What's on your computer's hard drive? Don't' be fooled by thinking, unless you're doing something illegal, you've got nothing to worry about.
Nick Drehell is the instructor from Access Data. a software developing company in the digital forensic industry. He says, " A computer is one of those deals that it doesn't forget. If you saw it on the internet or saw it on a web-page, it's being written onto a computer."
That's why it's important if you own a computer, to take out and destroy the hard drive before throwing it away or donating it to charity. What's on that hard drive can be hacked, putting you at risk for identity theft.
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