Microsoft Tries to Prevent Laptops From Getting Impounded
One of the things we discussed on the last Elite Tech News podcast was the newly acquired ability for border control agents to seize laptops, phones, cameras and other electronic devices that may contain material suitable for incriminating the owners. (...)Leave it to Microsoft to rectify that situation for us. The Seattle Times today has profiled a new technology they’ve put together that can rapidly extract forensic data from computers used in the commission of a crime. The technology is called COFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor), and is software built into a USB drive. While the technology is just now coming to light, it has been in use since last June, having been distributed to 350 different law enforcement agencies. (...)
“These are things that we invest substantial resources in, but not from the perspective of selling to make money,” Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith in an interview with the Seattle Times. “We’re doing this to help ensure that the Internet stays safe.”
The aim, they say, is to prevent the need for border agents and other law enforcement agencies to seize the computer for ages on end. (...)
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