http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/iphone-raid/
If you aren't using whole disk encryption, why not? If you have a dual or quad core system, you probably won't notice the overhead of whole disk encryption.Try: http://www.truecrypt.org/ if you are using Windows or Mac. If you are using Linux, you probably already know how to do this. Just remember that no one tries to break the encryption by brute force, they use side channel attacks. Your pass phrase should be very long and have nothing to do with you. Given the way things are going, you should use whole disk encryption all the time. Just think about all of the things that are unrelated, but could be construed to be something they aren't. Use it. If you have anything sensitive, encrypt it again and consider a dedicated PC running Linux with only the bare essentials needed for that task.Chen is a fulltime journalist for Gawker Media and works from home. He did not respond to a question from Threat Level asking if he encrypted his computers and servers.
Anyone know VA law on this topic? Might have to take up blogging...The federal Privacy Protection Act prohibits the government from seizing materials from journalists and others who possess material for the purpose of communicating to the public. The government cannot seize material from the journalist even if it’s investigating whether the person who possesses the material committed a crime.
Instead, investigators need to obtain a subpoena, which would allow the reporter or media outlet to challenge the request and segregate information that is not relevant to the investigation.
“Congress was contemplating a situation where someone might claim that the journalist was committing a crime [in order to seize materials from them],” Granick says.
California state law also provides protections to prevent journalists from being forced to disclose sources or unpublished information related to their work.
“California law is crystal clear that bloggers are journalists, too,” she says.
Don't buy it, oldest trick in the book. If it was just a misunderstanding, they wouldn't have raided your house while you were away.Before they left, one of the officers told Chen “something about this possibly being a misunderstanding that could be cleared up if I answered some questions.”
Think about what you leave out. Think about all of your stuff, reloading or otherwise, that could be construed to be something it isn't. If your house gets raided, everything is fair game to the police. Lawyers may disagree, but that is after the fact. Even adding a basic physical lock can provide you with legal protection. No, it won't stop them from breaking the lock and searching aways, but you stand a much better chance of having your forth ammendment rights upheld. A series of locks is best. Lock the door(s) which lead to your safe, loading equipment, etc. Put locks on your cabinets and containers.Darbyshire and Chen wouldn’t respond to requests for comment, but according to a letter Darbyshire sent to Detective Matthew Broad, of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department, when Chen encountered officers in his home Friday evening, he asked if they had seen a copy of Darbyshire’s e-mail, which he had printed out earlier in the day. The officers said they had seen it and took it into evidence. One officer told him that in 25 years of working such cases, he’d never seen a letter like that.