Only for your eyes

[anoop007]

How do you hide files that you don't want others to see?

My favourites are :

1) Goto DOS and a create a directory "ANOOP S".. Replace the space by alt+0255 .. it is impossible to open that folder from Windows

2) Zip up all files and rename it to comfge211.dll and send it to C:\windows\system

what are your tricks? :D

[chrisjk]

You got it wrong!! It's "For your eyes only" Mr Bond (said in Russian Mafia voice).

Well I just zip things with a password. And make the files within seem nothing important. Like a.jpg or b.txt...

Sometimes I use folders about 20 deep...but that makes it obvious. Mostly I just keep anything important on a 250 Zip disk which I hide elsewhere.

[Wynd]

Hahaha, that is awesome.

[Geoff Gunson]

Hi

Well I just zip things with a password. And make the files within seem nothing important. Like a.jpg or b.txt...

I don't think that the winzip password is too secure, I have seen the code that can fetch a password out of a zip file.

G

[Fox]

I have a program that encrypts some important parts of the file header and renames the file, most users won't be able to open these files I think ;) It doesn't work for pure text file though, but of course I use my own Notepad (called nPad) that saves encoded text files :D

[Arbiter]

I inform people that they're not to look at that file.

No-one's stupid enough to challange my authority.

Easy.

[Arbiter]

I liked the sneaky/geeky aspect of your first method so I tried it out.

WinNT at work didn't have a problem opening the folders...

[zmerlinz]

Originally posted by anoop007
How do you hide files that you don't want others to see?

My favourites are :

1) Goto DOS and a create a directory "ANOOP S".. Replace the space by alt+0255 .. it is impossible to open that folder from Windows



that doesn't work for me, all it does is add this symbol ÿ in between and the folder still opens ??

it should work

goto DOS

md anoop<alt+255>s

randomly scatter porn throughout your folders. People tend to give up looking after a few minutes and never find any of your "sensitive" stuff...oh, wait a minute...

d'oh!

[CyberSurfer]

I use PGP Disk to set up an encrypted "Drive"....128 or 256 bit security, and mine is protected with a 16 digit password, which I can remember!!!

I used to use the alt+255 method, but then I bought PGP Disk, now I use that :D

if you have a short password. change your passwords to concatenate 2x it.

if oldpassword = vbworld
then newpassword = vbworldvbworld

then its easy to remember but hard to crack.

[chrismitchell]

I just don't bother because you will find that 9 times out of 10 people don't really care what you have on your computer or what you do on it..... All apart from the Government..... Who know anyway.

My password is a number I got from hitting a bunch of keys on a calculator........ I added a few letters to the beginning and end of it, and it's extremely hard to crack.... :D

[CyberSurfer]

I combined two of my regular 8 digit passwords, which are both random combinations of letters and numbers I memorised.

[parksie]

I use PGPDisk and Magic Folders -- PGPDisk encrypts it, then the folder containing it is hidden from view by Magic Folders...extremely difficult to crack :)

I used to use PGPDisk but found no need.
I just use Magic Folders (not cracked as I rarely use it ;)*cough*parksie*cough*) now with a **** LONG password which consists of lower/uppercase characters, numbers, and meta characters :D

[parksie]

Magic Folders is free...it's hard to crack it's protection :)

[Active]

May I know...what stuff you are hiding ?? PORN ??

[parksie]

Basically, yeah :) Fair enough, really :p

[Fox]

I recommend hiding all your passwords :D That's like put the key into the safe :)

[Active]

The most Complete Way to Hide your Files is as follows:

1.Store it in a Cheap Hard Disk
2.Take a Hammer (..Wait till i Give the Next Instruction)
3.Place the HDD under a Heavy Truck
4.Wait for the Truck to Roll Over it
5. Then Smash the Remaining Junk with the Hammer

You have now Succesfully Hidden the Files !!!

[marnitzg]

Or write it to CD and play frisbee. I don't have the need to hide files. No-one knows my password for win 2000!

[Fox]

Well.. some people don't need to hide their files because they aren't able to still find them in any of the thousand sub-directories :rolleyes:

[chrisjk]

Originally posted by Geoff Gunson
I don't think that the winzip password is too secure, I have seen the code that can fetch a password out of a zip file.on the contrary, it is very secure. The only known method trying dictionaries and popular words/letters

[zmerlinz]

sorry anoop alt+255 doesn't work in ME either, i will give that magic folders thing a go :)

[marnitzg]

Originally posted by chrisjk
on the contrary, it is very secure. The only known method trying dictionaries and popular words/letters

Get a program called "Advanced Zip Password Recovery"
It cracks zip passwords using brute-force or dictionaries. Very fast to!

[chrisjk]

I did. I'm fairly intuitive and I found it a pain in the arse to work. It can take hours especially if you use a password like "moo1GTDDvc". The fact crackers have to resort to brute-force methods is testimoney to it's password encryption.

[marnitzg]

Originally posted by chrisjk
The fact crackers have to resort to brute-force methods is testimoney to it's password encryption.

Well, does that mean NT's security is good? I always thought that if it can be cracked then it isn't safe.

[chrisjk]

yes, but if your password is not a word, is just a load of symbols/letters, how is any app that uses dictionaries and popular phrases going to crack it? Even if it did, it would take it days

[marnitzg]

How many people do you know of that have passwords like 12KASfnfks!*^. I've only met 1 person who doesn't use words for passwords! Really sad but true!

[CyberSurfer]

I never use words for passwords! I use strings like uv56lh32q or summink...

[parksie]

I use combinations of words, a bit like CompuServe did: "mike/parks" or even "mpiakreks" :)

[chrisjk]

Originally posted by marnitzg
How many people do you know of that have passwords like 12KASfnfks!*^. I've only met 1 person who doesn't use words for passwords! Really sad but true! Well me for one. I have no password that isn't a mad set of words and numbers like 1sheds2for3cows4

[marnitzg]

Wouldn't take very long to crack passwords like: mpiakreks and summink. I myself also don't use words. My passwords go on the lines of gr@ep*le1r. I know most of the people around these forums won't use words (a lot will use just lowercase letters). I still say that winzip doesn't have adequate protection. Take for example adobe acrobat. Find me 1 program (not company) on the net that can crack adobe passwords!

[CyberSurfer]

Read "summink" as etcetera...I ain't daft enough to use summink as a password!

[marnitzg]

Originally posted by CyberSurfer
Read "summink" as etcetera...I ain't daft enough to use summink as a password!

Nver heard of summink before. Anyway, you should've left the 'or' out then.

[KamiKazeKiwi3]

Anoop, what is your avatar from? It seems familiar to me...:confused:

[anoop007]

i picked it up from some Anime site and changed the color of the eyes to match mine :)

somebody said it looks familiar to the eye in the Photo Shop icon...!

[dimava]

a very good way to hide a file(s):

1) zip them with a password
2) rename them to a .sys file
3) rename the zip file to something important like winsystemconfig
4) put it in the windows folder

thats all you really need

[ricmitch_uk]

I just leave all my porn on the hard disk for evryone to see. My parents know Jack sh*t about computers,

[anoop007]

Originally posted by ricmitch_uk
I just leave all my porn on the hard disk for evryone to see. My parents know Jack sh*t about computers,


Porn??? .. what porn?? :D ;)

[KamiKazeKiwi3]

I THINK the avatar is from an anime called Tenchi Muyo.:confused:

[ricmitch_uk]

Y'know anoop, it's those pictures of naked women (or men if that's your thing). Don't tell me you haven't typed:
+sex +"kinky boots" +kangaroos +bananas
into Yahoo! ?

[Good Dreams]

I didn't read the all thread, but here is what I do:

I zip the whole thing and as the zip file is usually big (:rolleyes: ) I take a piece of the file and put it in a floppy disk that I carry with me or hide somewhere. This way I think it's impossible to open it as it's divided.

[zmerlinz]

Seeing that floppy disks aren't the most reliable things in life, what happens if the stuff on the disk gets corrupt, you are stuffed !! i use magic folders now and i think that it is great :)

[Good Dreams]

That's true, but as usually I don't have the patience to save a file in a floppy disk, I just divide the big file "randomily" (not really randomily) And I'm the only one that knows how to join the parts together.

[chenko]

Originally posted by marnitzg
How many people do you know of that have passwords like 12KASfnfks!*^. I've only met 1 person who doesn't use words for passwords! Really sad but true!

well an old password of mine was....

JfgfewE21*e69!s :p

....And i even memorized it........damn, I still remember it :D hehe

[ricmitch_uk]

Hmmm... I wonder what that could stand for??
Jolly *****ing Good For Enthusiastic Wanking Especially 21 [times] every 69 seconds!

I dunno
Anyone got any better suggestions?

[anoop007]

Originally posted by ricmitch_uk
Y'know anoop, it's those pictures of naked women (or men if that's your thing). Don't tell me you haven't typed:
+sex +"kinky boots" +kangaroos +bananas
into Yahoo! ?

hehe.. Damn!.. how did ya know? :p

PS: and i know what porn is.. i was just kidding