Using electronic/computer posts as evidence?

I use a program that can wipe the hdd's free space securely (It's called restore.exe).. And I use Opera because of its straight-forward history storage within its own directory space.. Basically if you are savvy enough to know how to get everything deleted that you want deleted (Apps like filemon.exe/regmon.exe can help find what's being written..) not even a low level disk editor like WinHex can find any traces.. Privacy software packages that claim to wipe data don't work as well as you may think..If you want, get the programs I mentioned, and play around.. Do some substantial surfing on a topic that isn't already on your disk somewhere, then try to wipe it all and use Winhex's disk search to see how well you did..

[QUOTE=snowdog203;7335455]I am wondering how much of what is put on the net, pix of equip/grows, statements of posession, can be used in the court of law?
Do the posts on RIU come up in court as evidence, very often, at all?
Anyone have a 101 on this, kinda like the "don't talk to the police" video?............................................ .................................................. ............................. Posting on RIU.won't get U busted but will get charges stacked like chordwood against U.Once the Man has a case against U,anything on your computer is fair game.Early on stings and traps were used on sites like this, but the courts blunted that aproach,now the man simply cites some guy for jaywalking then turns his life upside down thru his computer,phone,credit card etc...to conjur up a felony.....Be careful on line there are several peeps posting here that if I were a detec. I bet I could come prety close to identifying.

I browse this site and anything else marijuana related using the TOR network AKA "Vidalia" it is truly the safest way to browse, it became notorious when the whistle blowers were using it for a while to submit info to Wiki leaks while being damn near untraceable, my IP address and computer info are constantly being masked and changed so fast that I can only login to this website for about 8 minutes before I have to login again because the site auto logs off when it detects the IP address I signed in with is no longer being used.

They can look all they want, it takes a judge to sign a warrant and a judge isn't gonna sign a warrant with evidence submitted online to a forum. And then there's the fact they gotta prove it was actual who they are charging that was sitting at the keyboard.Although I may have taken the original message wrong, I have been sitting here for awhile doing hash rips. can it be proven in court? who gives a fuck?

Originally Posted by snowdog203

Many thanks to you for that very informative post!!

What does InPrivate Browsing do for me, is it any help, or perhaps a false sense of security?

I imagine any IT hacker/agency if they wanted to could read 99% of the RIU posts and retrieve volumes of the most intimate details of each posters; is this a misconception?
I figure less than 1% of the posters are using encryption or tails.

In Private browsing in Internet Explorer is more about not leaving any evidence on your local computer, not so much about being anonymous on the net. It's pretty good at making it so your wife or SO won't find any evidence of the pr0n sites you visit, but it won't protect you from LE figuring out where you've surfed. In Private browsing is not anonymous surfing. You will still be surfing off the IP address that your ISP assigned to you, and that will subsequently be logged at every website you visit, and potentially tracked by your ISP and anyone else monitoring the pipes that you use.

If your goal is to not provide an easy trail for LEO to follow, you'll need a lot more than In Private browsing.
For instance, I'm running Firefox inside a virtual machine that is connecting to the internet via an anonymous VPN connection. I also run DNT+ and AdBlock+ addons for FireFox to further reduce my footprint. If I was hard core, I'd be daisy chaining VPN connections, and using a hardened OS like openBSD.

Yes the cops do watch these threads and yes they can use them in cases against you. Since this sites servers are onS territory they can demand ip and owner info to track the original poster which is why we all know of course to use many proxies before coming to the site and to not upload images directly to the site image manager but through proxied third party sites. Since I have been a member who joined first week site came up I think i can recall of maybe 3 people who had their accounts and posts used against them. Use your own security as the site offers little to none.

Originally Posted by snowdog203

ps I'd give NORML an F for their last 35+ years of work, the laws have only gotten tougher!

That's not NORML's fault. It's the lazy ass motherfuckers who whine and bitch all day about everything yet can't seem to set aside just a half hour of their precious time, on a single day, every other year to go out and vote!

Originally Posted by JJFOURTWENTY

That's not NORML's fault. It's the lazy ass motherfuckers who whine and bitch all day about everything yet can't seem to set aside just a half hour of their precious time, on a single day, every other year to go out and vote!

Well I don't see NORML bangin that drum.
You are right though get out the pot vote!!