said by Dr Facts :>TSI doesn't have a customer's internet history.
Ah, well that's one avenue closed.
Not sure how I feel about that, I dig privacy and all that but when the cops come with a child porn case and a court order I'd like to think that an ISP can help. Tricky line there.
Cops come to ISPs with an IP address. Teksavvy maintains IP logs for 3 months (which they've said is usually long enough for one of these investigations) due to billing concerns, so its easy enough for them to convert the IP to customer name provided its in the 3 month window.
said by Dr Facts :>forensic analysis of your computer.
And if they don't find it then what? They can say you deleted it with some super military grade disc-wipe utility.
And John could say it was never there.
And I suspect the balance of probability between the two still wouldn't be enough to convince a judge to the tune of $10,000.
That's why Teksavvy's notice to users said to maintain evidence, and not wipe systems.
If there was a full disc wipe, you'd still reinstall your OS.. Which would show a date of installation.. They would be able to see you tampered with it, and that you're trying to hide something. Of course, if you had a legitimate system crash requiring reinstallation of the OS.. You'd probably be screwed unless you documented it well.
As well, if it got to the forensic analysis stage, you could always have your own analysis done of your system.
As for judgements... You might get a few big ones at the beginning, but they'd probably be dropping as more suits are filed, as the judges would start getting tired of these useless suits filling up their dockets.