Comments on: Data recovery firm gives man happy ending

By: retepslluerb

retepslluerb — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:42:00 +0000

If you put put that way, yes. However, it doesn’t work if you consider transformative works.

By: IRMO

IRMO — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:08:00 +0000

That’s usually not how your written work is saved, that is true, but my point stands: all the prose you write, the code you write, the music you write, the CAD you generate, all that will fit in a single GB.

By: curgoth

curgoth — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:01:00 +0000

…at current disk prices, for me at least, it would probably cost more than $2k to maintain 3 copies of my data.

By: howaboutthisdangit

howaboutthisdangit — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:16:00 +0000

That’s what I was thinking. But then again, a story about the wonders of TestDisk probably would not sell as well.

By: taintofevil

taintofevil — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:37:00 +0000

If filevault is on, wiping the disc is just erasing the encryption key, which is really quick. If filevault is off, wiping the disc is actually writing on every sector, which takes a long time.

By: Sasha@librtee

Sasha@librtee — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:15:00 +0000

I’m surprised they needed a clean room? I mean, there was no hadware damage, basically just the file tables were wiped out. It’s a major pain in the ass recovering from that (sorry Imran! :( ), but you don’t have to physically open the drives…

By: retepslluerb

retepslluerb — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:18:00 +0000

That’s a strange metric. I don’t see how any meaningful amount of work could be reconstructed by replaying the keyboard input stream.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:12:00 +0000

It seems like he also powered off the machine part-way through the wipe process, as it apparently happened while he was on the phone with Apple.

By: willu

willu — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:54:00 +0000

So, does this mean we shouldn’t trust Apple’s remote wipe?

(This isn’t meant to be an anti-apple comment, but you can only have things one way. If the data is recoverable by you, then it is recoverable by someone else. I also suspect that if filevault (Apple’s encryption) had been switched on then things wouldn’t have been recoverable.)

By: IRMO

IRMO — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:01:00 +0000

And another reminder: 1GB is enough space for all the keyboard input you will generate in your entire life.

SD cards. Use multiples.

By: Sally J.

Sally J. — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:47:00 +0000

As an archivist, I have to shout this next part:

BACK! UP! YOUR! DATA!

Just remember 3-2-1: 3 copies, stored on 2 different kinds of media, in more than 1 place.

By: Sally J.

Sally J. — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:47:00 +0000

…costs a lot less than $2 grand, too. ;)

By: IRMO

IRMO — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:13:00 +0000

I’ll add my pseudonym to the list of happy DriveSavers customers. Those dudes rock.

By: IRMO

IRMO — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:12:00 +0000

That’s one way to retire a clean room.

By: Rob Wheeler

Rob Wheeler — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:00:00 +0000

This company must see SO MUCH porn.

By: awjt

awjt — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:41:00 +0000

The happy ending IS the data recovery. THAT’S the data.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:25:00 +0000

I thought that came with a massage, not data recovery services…

By: awjt

awjt — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:20:00 +0000

I’ve always fantasized about a happy ending in a clean room. #geekdreams