On Nov 15, 5:36 pm, RemyMaza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "And what about all these crime shows that have the FBI or police
> come
> in and confiscate somebody's computer. The criminal has stuff they
> retrieve to ultimately convict them. If they would have reset their
> History, that would have never happened, would it? My history was
> set
> at 20, and since I haven't tampered with that before, think that must
> be a default setting. I wonder how far it can go, or if other
> systems
> have different settings?"
>
> I'd have to assume you are wanting to hide something illegal based of
> of this quote. Just my opinion... It's only an opinion and in fact I
> even tried to help you conceal it LOL...
>
Let me help you think. First, why would you assume that? Don't you
realize how insulting that is? Really all you would need is a good
reason like someone in your houselhold not knowing what your doing,
for something simple like shopping online. Oh, since I can spy on the
user, I know he might be buying me a Xmas gift from such and such
place. A very simplistic example, but one can easily think that there
would be thousands of potential scenarios to keep things hidden that
would have absolutely nothing to do with criminal behavior. What if
you had something like porn invade one's computer and it stuck in the
history and the only reason it got there was because it was just got
there because the computer got totally invaded with junk? That or
any junk might get in the history and people wouldn't want that to be
in there for anyone to ruin and image or career and they would have
had no desire or wouldn't have possibly gone in a junk site on their
own. I really didn't see that your site would be something that would
cure that especially.
CJ
> Cheers,
> Mattwww.crossloop.com/matthewbramer
>
> On Nov 15, 4:41 pm, curtjester1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Nov 15, 2:42 pm, RemyMaza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I do know that if
> > you delete something from your computer, it's still
> > > there. The system tells the hard drive that the space where the data
> > > once was is now available to be written over. So just because you
> > > delete it, the actual data is still there until you write over it
> > > again. Government software can dive deep into the hard drive and
> > > retrieve once what was and even deeper than that sometimes. If you
> > > are absolutely concerned for your hard drive's safety due to your
> > > illegal online activies... hmmmm.... quit doing it on a pc or check
> > > out many encryption technologies online that can prevent anyone and
> > > that includes governments from cracking it.
>
> > You shouldn't assume people are using their computers for "illegal
> > online activities." I don't think you would like the gov't showing up
> > at your door and snooping around, without notice. I think it's
> > deceptive to say 'delete' and not mean it. They, the computer
> > companies, should be upfront and say that the computer is used as a
> > weapon for the gathering of evidence by authorities, and it can be
> > used against you. Kind of like the Miranda act, when one would get
> > arrested, they would give one their rights and allow not saying
> > anything to incriminate them.
>
> > > For starters:www.truecrypt.org
>
> > > But even using this, that's not to say truecrypt wont stab you in the
> > > back and reverse engineer the encryption. It's just like wayyyy back
> > > in school when they told you, "If you don't want STD's, don't have
> > > sex." If you don't want any damning evidence showing up on your pc,
> > > DON'T USE YOUR PC FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES!
>
> > Of course you can use analogies for anything. It's like the old thing
> > of cops looking for speeders by hiding, and not warning people that
> > it's a speed trap because drivers taking say signs in the most
> > ambiguous ways are apt to disobey the law. They don't want to catch
> > one spontaneously which would be more fair to most, but to make quotas
> > so they can keep the donut stops going...:)
>
> > Of course too, people would like to have privacy for many reasons
> > other than what is deemed illegal.
>
> > CJ
>
> > > Regards,
> > > Mattwww.crossloop.com/matthewbramer
>
> > > On Nov 15, 2:10 pm, curtjester1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > On Nov 15, 1:46 pm, Dentist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Governments
> > > > would use more sofisticated software to retreive your
> > > > > data, and may use a recovery to the deleted history to have an idea
> > > > > what your were doing....this is not what you were asking for, but
> > > > > setting the DAYS to 0, is enabled, but didnt try if it keeps the
> > > > > history clear or not.
> > > > > if you set it to a number of days, then automatically it will delete
> > > > > the other days, and as far to how many days it can keep, I dont know
> > > > > the limit, but if the data stored exceeds the size limit, it will
> > > > > start to erase the old ones.
> > > > > You still didnt mention your OS and browser???
>
> > > > I have a Dell Dimension 4700 with a XP Media Player.
>
> > > > Are you opining or do you have knowledge of govt's and their
> > > > techniques and software equipement? I have never seen any gov't
> > > > Caveats on systems as to warn a customer of their 'capabilities'. Nor
> > > > have I heard of any lawsuits against the gov't for illegal
> > > > 'fingerprinting' or testing laws for what would define a 'home' or a
> > > > 'search warrant'.
>
> > > > I rechecked my 'days' capability, and mine goes up to 999.
>
> > > > I just checked my History and it only has today and Friday, now,
> > > > instead of up to 3 weeks before I did the changes.
>
> > > > CJ
>
> > > > > On Nov 15, 7:07 pm, curtjester1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > On Nov 15, 10:59 am, RemyMaza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> To add to
> > > > > > what Dentist has already provided, I've done a bit of
> > > > > > > research:
>
> > > > > > > I've tried to copy and paste the files that store History and was
> > > > > > > not
> > > > > > > successful on Vista. The file path is:
> > > > > > > "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History"
>
> > > > > > > On XP, I was also unsuccesful in my attempts to copy and paste
> > > > > > > certain
> > > > > > > portions of History out. The file path is:
> > > > > > > "%userprofile%\Local Settings\History"
>
> > > > > > > As far as disabling History altogether, I wasn't able to find that
> > > > > > > this is possible. You can however run a simple script that will
> > > > > > > delete your History when you logoff:
>
> > > > > > What about the setting for 'day's to 0?
>
> > > > > > And what about all these crime shows that have the FBI or police
> > > > > > come
> > > > > > in and confiscate somebody's computer. The criminal has stuff they
> > > > > > retrieve to ultimately convict them. If they would have reset their
> > > > > > History, that would have never happened, would it? My history was
> > > > > > set
> > > > > > at 20, and since I haven't tampered with that before, think that
> > > > > > must
> > > > > > be a default setting. I wonder how far it can go, or if other
> > > > > > systems
> > > > > > have different settings?
>
> > > > > > CJ
>
> > > > > > > @echo off
>
> > > > > > > RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1
>
> > > > > > > exit
>
> > > > > > > Save that text into notepad and then schedule it as a task to run
> > > > > > > at
> > > > > > > logoff or you can configure a group policy to run this script at
> > > > > > > logoff. If you need help with any of this, just give us a holler.
>
> > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > Mattwww.crossloop.com/matthewbramer
>
> > > > > > > On Nov 15, 10:46 am, Dentist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > I assume you are using IE7, goto Tools>>Internet Option>> under
> > > > > > > > Browsing and History, click on Settings and put the number of
> > > > > > > > days to
> > > > > > > > be stored.
> > > > > > > > Now if you need to delete your history regularily, press on
> > > > > > > > (Delete
> > > > > > > > All) and almost all your tracks are gone.
> > > > > > > > And you can always use Matt's code(which I used successfully)
> > > > > > > > to erase
> > > > > > > > all your tracks
> > > > > > > > .....http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support/web/keeping-the-...
>
> > > > > > > > Good Luck
>
> > > > > > > > On Nov 15, 5:13 pm, curtjester1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > In the upper left next to the two arrows (back and forwards),
> > > > > > > > > there is
> > > > > > > > > an small black arrow pointed downward. If one clicks on it
> > > > > > > > > it says
> > > > > > > > > 'Current Page'. If you go down on that further it says
> > > > > > > > > 'History', and
> > > > > > > > > if one clicks onto that, it will have days of the week and
> > > > > > > > > even a
> > > > > > > > > history menu item of 'three weeks'.
>
> > > > > > > > > What if one doesn't want one's computer collecting sites?
> > > > > > > > > Can one
> > > > > > > > > have that feature eradicated? What if one would want to
> > > > > > > > > selectively
> > > > > > > > > take 'site items' from the history? Could that be done? If
> > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > wasn't possible, could one have a link to clean all the
> > > > > > > > > history for
> > > > > > > > > that one moment in time?
>
> > > > > > > > > I just had my computer serviced for viruses and what-not, and
> > > > > > > > > when it
> > > > > > > > > came back there wasn't any history on it, so I guess the
> > > > > > > > > technician
> > > > > > > > > had the wherewithal to do that (even though I wasn't able to
> > > > > > > > > ask at
> > > > > > > > > the time about it).
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