Monthly Archive for May, 2010

Statements

If you ever have to deal with statements given to the police just after a traumatic event, then read this article.

There is a cynical defense attorney saying: “Anything you say will be misquoted and used against you.”…

The impression is that the earlier a statement is made, the more reliable it is. In reality, the earlier a statement is made, the less reliable it is. The effects of stress will confuse the statement and even cause temporary amnesia. Inaccuracies in the initial statement will convince authorities that the survivor is both a liar and a murderer. A lawyer must be immediately engaged to organize the statement.

Copy Machines

FTC targets privacy concerns related to copy machines

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun contacting copy machine makers, resellers and office-supply stores about privacy concerns over the thousands of images that can potentially be stored on the machines’ hard drives…

Copy Machine Security Risk

Copy machines, a security risk?

Copiers are computers and they need to be purged of data before disposal.

Odds & Sods

Send an email reminder for those people who never respond or get things done on time.

A Self-Destructing recallable/erasable non-forwardable  non-printable/savable email.

A List of Logical Fallacies — a must for the Investigator — Memorize this, or better yet, understand this.

COMSEC

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. (Psa 91:6)

I don’t think they were talking about Communication Security (COMSEC) when they wrote that Psalm, but good COMSEC helps avoid terrors that come in the night.

Zfone for VOIP

Zfone  appears to be the lowest cost solution for robust VOIP encryption that you control.

Skype

Calls made over Skype are encrypted by 256-bit long Skype encryption keys are a length that at least in theory, would take a literal eternity to crack. But you don’t have control over the encryption, Skype does.

Oldstyle COMSEC

To avoid an electronic trail, hard copy letters that are distributed via snail mail in a circular rotation might work– these are known as circular letters.  Each letter is given a number, and each addenda that is added is given a letter. Subsequent letters can reference the content of earlier ones, for example, “as mentioned in Letter 2-A”, etc., etc..

This can be modified to include an emailed file that is encrypted and the message sending it digitally signed by each person.  Using nearly anonymous email accounts accessed through TOR would make this very secure.