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In reply to the discussion: Data from Hunter Biden's laptop is real and was not planted by Russians per CBS news [View all]
crickets
(25,959 posts)21. What utter BS.
The laughable chain of custody issues alone make forensic review a nightmare.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/11/18/what-that-report-purportedly-authenticating-the-hunter-biden-laptop-really-said/
I’ve reported on the WaPo story on the security review of the disk drive commonly referred to as the “Hunter Biden” “laptop” a bunch of times.
But in advance of ripping apart this James Comer fan-fiction about Hunter Biden and before the Twitter thread I did disappears into the Elmo dumpster fire, I wanted to repeat it here. The WaPo asked security experts Matt Green (who worked with his Johns Hopkins students) and Jake Williams to review the drive to see what they could authenticate.
They discovered that people had kept adding content to the “laptop,” making it impossible to say what was on the “laptop” when it was provided to the blind computer repairman. [snip]
Still more important: some of the forensic data that would be necessary to authenticate the drive itself had been deleted.
But in advance of ripping apart this James Comer fan-fiction about Hunter Biden and before the Twitter thread I did disappears into the Elmo dumpster fire, I wanted to repeat it here. The WaPo asked security experts Matt Green (who worked with his Johns Hopkins students) and Jake Williams to review the drive to see what they could authenticate.
They discovered that people had kept adding content to the “laptop,” making it impossible to say what was on the “laptop” when it was provided to the blind computer repairman. [snip]
Still more important: some of the forensic data that would be necessary to authenticate the drive itself had been deleted.
WaPo no paywall: https://archive.ph/b1Ser
Twitter thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1593288154236260358.html
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Rawstory no paywall: https://archive.ph/wip/QZceE
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Data from Hunter Biden's laptop is real and was not planted by Russians per CBS news [View all]
JohnSJ
Nov 2022
OP
That is the only laptop I am aware of, and that alone makes it questionable as its integrity
JohnSJ
Nov 2022
#2
This is such a badly written and sourced story, it is an insult to the field of journalism
JohnSJ
Nov 2022
#74
It has a buried lead. Toward the end of the CBS story, the computer person said he thinks
pnwmom
Nov 2022
#77
Since Raw Story is supposed to be a left leaning site, I don't know why it's not
pnwmom
Nov 2022
#108
If you use Kaspersky, you might as well have a "hack me" sign taped to your laptop!
Initech
Nov 2022
#17
Our state agency was using it, and I was asking a lot of question about why. We finally ditched it.
Kennah
Nov 2022
#38
Saw that. Story said they were given a copy of the data, though not the laptop itself.
highplainsdem
Nov 2022
#5
So far no-one can certify what is on the drive as original. There is ongoing debate as to how the
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2022
#62
LOL, this is where Repubs learn what "chain of custody" means. Whether is is his
FSogol
Nov 2022
#11
I'm an expert... there is NO WAY to prove the data originated before the repair shop got the laptop
lapfog_1
Nov 2022
#14
"even before the laptop or storage device was manufactured" Ooooh, time-traveling Hunter Biden!
FSogol
Nov 2022
#16
Every time "they" talk about Hunter Biden's laptop "they" are giving out Russian talking points.
Botany
Nov 2022
#20
President Biden has emphatically stated that he never discussed any of Hunter's business with him
MichMan
Nov 2022
#27
..."Why isn't the media highly suspicious of this?" You must learn to use the Sarcasm emoji.
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2022
#72
Money doesn't talk, it swears. Just how many secrets and open doors did MBS get for $3 billion?
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2022
#109
Is that the same CBS that said tRump is bad for the US but great for our profits? nt
yaesu
Nov 2022
#43
One would hope the DOJ has custody of that laptop. Any purported copies of its data may or
Lonestarblue
Nov 2022
#46
Such a waste of time. Hunter Biden is an addict and as such does things addicts do. The minute the
Pepsidog
Nov 2022
#47
Hunter was an addict and beat it so far. This is BS...a gun charge and taxes? Biden should pardon
Demsrule86
Nov 2022
#91
I wasn't aware of that. Let them have all the Hunter hearings they want because they will
Pepsidog
Nov 2022
#104
That the Bidens allegedly used Joe's position to help Hunter's business dealings.
GoCubsGo
Nov 2022
#58
Again how the fuck would they know? If there was a there there, it would have been used.
Demsrule86
Nov 2022
#93
AND CBS bumped up its own Twitter bona fides by withdrawing from Twitter for 2 days!!!
bucolic_frolic
Nov 2022
#80
They should stop...ah well there are no fake polls to praise now that the election is
Demsrule86
Nov 2022
#95
Like I trust CBS and I have news for these losers...you can get data and put it on any computer...
Demsrule86
Nov 2022
#89
Listen to the actual CBS report though. It doesn't say what Raw Story says it says.
pnwmom
Nov 2022
#103
