UK->Information (dark) Age

[Paul Ashton]

Nigel.Metheringham@ThePLAnet.net said:


> What happens if you tell them that you will not permit them to scan the 
> system?

What happens if they cannot scan the system at all? My Thinkpad 
(incidentally running Linux) has a form of hard disk protection that is 
supposedly embedded into the disk firmware. According to various 
sources, the only way of recovering data from the disk if the password 
is forgotten, is to take the platters out.

Suppose I say to C&E that it is someone else's laptop and I don't know 
the boot password. What can they do?

"Excuse me Sir, can you tell me when you packed the data on your laptop?
Are you carring any data given to you by anyone else? ..."

> So many questions... so few answers :-)

Very true.

Paul