Posted by on under orin kerr, hash values, hash value, child pornography, slashdot, 4th amendment, us district court, volokh, video files, warrants, hard drive, gmt, pennsylvania, blog | 
bfwebster writes "Orin Kerr over at The Volokh Conspiracy (a great legal blog, BTW) reports on a US District Court ruling issued just last week which finds that doing hash calculations on a hard drive is a form of search and thus subject to 4th Amendment limitations. In this particular case, the US District Court suppressed evidence of child pornography on a hard drive because proper warrants were not obtained before imaging the hard drive and calculating MD5 hash values for the individual files on the drive, some of which ended up matching known MD5 hash values for known child pornography image and video files. More details at Kerr's posting." Update: 10/28 16:23 GMT by T : Headline updated to reflect that this is a Federal District Court located in Pennsylvania, rather than a court of the Commonwealth itself.
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Tagi: orin kerr, hash values, hash value, child pornography, slashdot, 4th amendment, us district court, volokh, video files, warrants, hard drive, gmt, pennsylvania, blog
Posted by on under orin kerr, hash values, hash value, child pornography, slashdot, 4th amendment, us district court, volokh, video files, warrants, hard drive, gmt, pennsylvania, blog |
bfwebster writes "Orin Kerr over at The Volokh Conspiracy (a great legal blog, BTW) reports on a US District Court ruling issued just last week which finds that doing hash calculations on a hard drive is a form of search and thus subject to 4th Amendment limitations. In this particular case, the US District Court suppressed evidence of child pornography on a hard drive because proper warrants were not obtained before imaging the hard drive and calculating MD5 hash values for the individual files on the drive, some of which ended up matching known MD5 hash values for known child pornography image and video files. More details at Kerr's posting." Update: 10/28 16:23 GMT by T : Headline updated to reflect that this is a Federal District Court located in Pennsylvania, rather than a court of the Commonwealth itself.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Tagi: orin kerr, hash values, hash value, child pornography, slashdot, 4th amendment, us district court, volokh, video files, warrants, hard drive, gmt, pennsylvania, blog
Posted by on under kernel, soma, fraud, shipping, blog, traffic |
A blog titled Shipping Seven has gotten a lot of traffic recently for their article about Windows 7 and the MinWin kernel - namely, how they’re actually one and the same. The argument offered by “Soma” is that Windows Vista’s kernel (which is what Windows 7 will be built on) is MinWin ad that it’s [...]
Tagi: kernel, soma, fraud, shipping, blog, traffic
Posted by on under kernel, soma, fraud, shipping, blog, traffic |
A blog titled Shipping Seven has gotten a lot of traffic recently for their article about Windows 7 and the MinWin kernel - namely, how they’re actually one and the same. The argument offered by “Soma” is that Windows Vista’s kernel (which is what Windows 7 will be built on) is MinWin ad that it’s [...]
Tagi: kernel, soma, fraud, shipping, blog, traffic
Posted by on under ps50, compars, impulse purchase, multi x, youtube video, sanding tools, guy gifts, hottest guy, two tools, rsquo, dremel, impactor, batt, battery life, bosch, ladder, amp, stock, job, jobs |
We previously reviewed these two tools and even did some comparisons in a YouTube video. My initial though was that they would probably sell pretty evenly as each tool has its advantages. So far however the Dremel has proven to be the favorite of the two selling out almost as quick as they are coming in. The accessories have also been hard to keep in stock. This will be one of the hottest guy gifts for the 2008 holiday season, no question.
The Dremel Multi-Max 6300-01 is the cheaper of the two by almost half at $99. I think that might be the ideal price for most people to make an impulse purchase even if they know little about these oscillating tools.
The Bosch PS50 Multi-X to be fair has only released the less popular PS50-2A ($179) model and not the PS50-2B ($199) which has several more blades included. The price is higher obviously but the tool is cordless which make it much more convenient to use. On paper the PS50 is less powerful but in use these two tools seem very similar in performance, I could not really tell any difference when cutting wood or sanding. The battery life is good but could be a problem for some applications such as continuous use when sanding or grout removal.
Verdict: personally I like the PS50-2B the best however that is probably because I like the oscillating tools for their amazing cutting abilities. I have a several sanding tools already that will do a similar job but nothing that can make cuts like this. For detailed cutting jobs the cordless feature is huge, going up on a ladder and make a precision cut on crown molding I don’t want to worry about a cord in the way. If you are getting a tool to do a lot of grout removal however the Dremel Multi-Max may be the way to go. Battery life on the Bosch PS50 will last an hour or more when making occasional cuts but for grout removal you are looking at about 10 minutes of continuous use for that battery draining application. The 12V Max kits PS51-2A (Pocket Driver & Multi-X) and PS52-2A (Impactor & Multi-X) both include 4 batteries so there is little chance you will run out of power for any job but there will be some battery changing.
Obviously all the tools, kits and accessories are available at Ohio Power Tool and currently in-stock unless otherwise noted as a “PRE-SALE”. These are all selling quickly so get your orders in now. Who knows what is going to happen after Black Friday/Cyber Monday but some of these tools may selling out and go on back order until after the Holiday Season.
Tagi: ps50, compars, impulse purchase, multi x, youtube video, sanding tools, guy gifts, hottest guy, two tools, rsquo, dremel, impactor, batt, battery life, bosch, ladder, amp, stock, job, jobs
