Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:39:55 -0600 | From | Thomas Dodd <> | Subject | Re: new generic content schemes popping up everywhere... |
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Andre Hedrick wrote: > >From siliconvalley.com's GMSV column today: > self-destruct if it's tampered with. The utility is enabled > with 11 layers of security defenses, all of which must be > successfully navigated to disable the system. These layers > range from a series of forced reboots designed to thwart > automated hacking tools to something called "the white screen > of death" which destroys the software and all files stored > inside it. Infraworks CEO George Friedman says the > application's system-level control is possible largely because > it is firmly anchored into users' C drives during > installation. "We're fairly deep in the operating system,"
Not much help if you put the disk in another box without their system installed (or mount in linux/BSD/MacOS) to break the encryption/controls. Once that's done, A floppy based OS and tool could break open the files on a disk, when their apps aren't running.
If it can be decrypted "legally" it can be done "illegally" too.
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