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Posted by Victor Roberts on October 24, 2006, 10:32 am
Please log in for more thread options On 18 Oct 2006 09:26:51 -0700, "Starriol"
>So Victor, do you know of any specific programs and where to get them?
>I'm doing some research for a college paper, it would be most usefull
>if you would give me any links.
Why would I want to support potentially criminal activity?
And, if this is for a college paper, shouldn't you be doing
your own research?
>Victor Roberts wrote:
>> On 17 Oct 2006 20:36:18 -0700, "Starriol"
>>
>> >Some people at another forum got my question a little mixed up; I
>> >wasn't very clear actually.
>> >
>> >I'm talking about recovering the files deleted in the palm, NOT
>> >recovering from the backup on a hard disk.
>> >I'll put it more clearly in view with an example:
>> >
>> >Some guy stoles your palm, goes to his PC, connects it and with some
>> >special soft he can recover your deleted files by dumping the "free"
>> >space to a file on his PC. Maybe he can get individual data files.
>> >
>> >Do you get what I mean? Actually, this was said by the article to be
>> >doable now, but I lost it and I wanna be sure it can be done.
>>
>>
>> Using the right tools it is usually possible to recover
>> deleted files, though sometimes only in fragments and
>> sometimes not at all if the space used for the original file
>> has been used for a later file.
>>
>> However, the chances that someone who found your Palm would
>> have the skill to do this and go to all this trouble is
>> remote. The media is just scaring everyone again, as they
>> love to do.
>>
>> Unless, of course, someone stole YOUR Pam on purpose just to
>> get your secret information :-)
>>
>> --
>> Vic Roberts
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