mark
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the deleted areas are likey to be overwritten by the defrag process, when the sectors of 'real' files ar put in order, but not guaranteed to be, so a full overwrite is always best.
but before everyone goes into full panic mode I still wouldn't be too worried about it. Still reckon mickeys letter is a scam at worst or at best a 'try-on' to test the water for future use
but being a smug mac user...... all HD data is now encrypted on a mac - 244 bit encryption as well, anyone looking in the 'unused' sectors will just find garbage. macs are now used throughout the CIA/us military for that reason among others. Plus, there's a cool little feature called 'stealth mode' when your using the internet, it leaves no trails, can spoof its own broadcast IP address, and as far as anyone trying to connect remotely, even while downloading something will get no response, almost as though this machine doesn't exist....... did I mention viruses/spyware already!!
for a laugh I just turned it on, and its broadcasting 81.5.132.169 dyn-81-5-132-169.dsl.eclipse.net.uk. which is curious as I'm a BTbroadband customer in the north east
http://www.ip-adress.com/ is an intersting site
but before everyone goes into full panic mode I still wouldn't be too worried about it. Still reckon mickeys letter is a scam at worst or at best a 'try-on' to test the water for future use
but being a smug mac user...... all HD data is now encrypted on a mac - 244 bit encryption as well, anyone looking in the 'unused' sectors will just find garbage. macs are now used throughout the CIA/us military for that reason among others. Plus, there's a cool little feature called 'stealth mode' when your using the internet, it leaves no trails, can spoof its own broadcast IP address, and as far as anyone trying to connect remotely, even while downloading something will get no response, almost as though this machine doesn't exist....... did I mention viruses/spyware already!!
for a laugh I just turned it on, and its broadcasting 81.5.132.169 dyn-81-5-132-169.dsl.eclipse.net.uk. which is curious as I'm a BTbroadband customer in the north east
http://www.ip-adress.com/ is an intersting site
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