Each person has their own idea of security, however if you are setting behind a router and have an additional Firewall, such as Zone Alarm as an example, most people are safe. Once you delete a file, it is basically still there until that area of the hard drive has been over written. Some people believe if you defrag your hard drive before you save your clips, then defrag after deleting, that area of the hard drive should be in a better position to receive the next data. I honestly cannot verify that myself. Wish I had more to offer.
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Well, I AM behind a firewall, but I don't think I'm behind a router.
I'm not on a network.
Home computer.
Would saving all of my editing work striaght onto a cd backup instead of my hard drive help to eliminate the video file being found at a later date?
I'm concerned about temp files, I guess.
They seem to be saved all over the place on the hard drive.
Never feel like I've found them all.
And I understand that all editing processing will use temp files before the final save happens.
Those temp files are going to land on my hard drive, not my cd back up...right?
I DO understand that a deleted file is recoverable from the hard drive until it is overwritten by another deleted file, unless a "shredder" software program is used.
Even then, the file is still there. The shredder has just compounded the file name with a complex series of letters and numbers instead of eliminating the first letter of the original file name, as a normal deleting process to the recycle bin does.
You can find wired routers (Linksys, Netgear, Dlink, etc.) on sale for as low as $5 after rebates in the Sunday flyers. Here's a good site for catching the good local deals. It well worth the money for the extra security of a hardware router.
Security packages like Acronis Privacy Expert Suite will completely overwrite temp and deleted files, not just the filenames. You can choose the level of security you want, so that even the NSA can't recover the data.
For the best security, don't make those types of videos! :smileyvery-happy:
Predator
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February 28th, 2006 00:00
Hi Out Sourced,
Each person has their own idea of security, however if you are setting behind a router and have an additional Firewall, such as Zone Alarm as an example, most people are safe. Once you delete a file, it is basically still there until that area of the hard drive has been over written.
Some people believe if you defrag your hard drive before you save your clips, then defrag after deleting, that area of the hard drive should be in a better position to receive the next data. I honestly cannot verify that myself.
Wish I had more to offer.
Best Regards!
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
CD/RW Link
Message Edited by Predator on 02-28-2006 10:42 AM
myjobwenttochin
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February 28th, 2006 10:00
Well, I AM behind a firewall, but I don't think I'm behind a router.
I'm not on a network.
Home computer.
Would saving all of my editing work striaght onto a cd backup instead of my hard drive help to eliminate the video file being found at a later date?
I'm concerned about temp files, I guess.
They seem to be saved all over the place on the hard drive.
Never feel like I've found them all.
And I understand that all editing processing will use temp files before the final save happens.
Those temp files are going to land on my hard drive, not my cd back up...right?
I DO understand that a deleted file is recoverable from the hard drive until it is overwritten by another deleted file, unless a "shredder" software program is used.
Even then, the file is still there. The shredder has just compounded the file name with a complex series of letters and numbers instead of eliminating the first letter of the original file name, as a normal deleting process to the recycle bin does.
At any rate...
I appreciate your response.
thanks.
outsourced
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February 28th, 2006 11:00
You can find wired routers (Linksys, Netgear, Dlink, etc.) on sale for as low as $5 after rebates in the Sunday flyers. Here's a good site for catching the good local deals. It well worth the money for the extra security of a hardware router.
Security packages like Acronis Privacy Expert Suite will completely overwrite temp and deleted files, not just the filenames. You can choose the level of security you want, so that even the NSA can't recover the data.
For the best security, don't make those types of videos! :smileyvery-happy:
Dave
myjobwenttochin
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February 28th, 2006 21:00
Thanks for your contribution, davejohn.
I will look into the router option.
That's a completely new idea for me.
I thought a firewall was the best one could do to protect hackers from getting into my computer.
Didn't realize there was more I could do.
thanks.
And thanks for the software tips, as well.
And for the record:
The videos I want to make are self-theraputic in nature.
Nothing illegal, just personal.
Kinda like keeping a journal or diary.
But you may be right.
Digital video, edited on a computer, may not be the best media for me.
It doesn't sound like a very private, secure way to deal with personal issues.
So maybe I shouldn't even make them.
thanks again.