Only for your eyes

anoop007 · Mar 26th, 2001, 09:14 PM

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?

**chrisjk** · Mar 26th, 2001, 09:20 PM

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** · Mar 26th, 2001, 09:20 PM

Hahaha, that is awesome.

**Geoff Gunson** · Mar 27th, 2001, 05:38 AM

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** · Mar 27th, 2001, 05:45 AM

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

**Arbiter** · Mar 27th, 2001, 05:46 AM

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

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

Easy.

**Arbiter** · Mar 27th, 2001, 05:50 AM

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** · Mar 27th, 2001, 05:52 AM

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 ??

Mar 27th, 2001, 07:07 AM

it should work

goto DOS

md anoop<alt+255>s

Mar 27th, 2001, 07:12 AM

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** · Mar 27th, 2001, 07:19 AM

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!!!

Mar 27th, 2001, 07:24 AM

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

Mar 27th, 2001, 07:25 AM

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** · Mar 27th, 2001, 07:27 AM

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.

Mar 27th, 2001, 07:28 AM

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....

**CyberSurfer** · Mar 27th, 2001, 07:30 AM

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

**parksie** · Mar 27th, 2001, 01:22 PM

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

Mar 27th, 2001, 02:20 PM

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

**parksie** · Mar 27th, 2001, 02:30 PM

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

**Active** · Mar 27th, 2001, 02:42 PM

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

**parksie** · Mar 27th, 2001, 02:47 PM

Basically, yeah

Fair enough, really

**Fox** · Mar 27th, 2001, 02:49 PM

I recommend hiding all your passwords

That's like put the key into the safe

**Active** · Mar 27th, 2001, 02:55 PM

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** · Mar 27th, 2001, 04:08 PM

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** · Mar 27th, 2001, 04:15 PM

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

**chrisjk** · Mar 27th, 2001, 04:45 PM

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** · Mar 27th, 2001, 04:53 PM

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

**marnitzg** · Mar 28th, 2001, 03:56 PM

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** · Mar 28th, 2001, 04:02 PM

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** · Mar 30th, 2001, 12:23 PM

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** · Mar 30th, 2001, 03:38 PM

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** · Mar 31st, 2001, 10:45 AM

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** · Mar 31st, 2001, 11:24 AM

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

**parksie** · Mar 31st, 2001, 01:45 PM

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

**chrisjk** · Mar 31st, 2001, 01:52 PM

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** · Mar 31st, 2001, 03:27 PM

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** · Mar 31st, 2001, 04:01 PM

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

**marnitzg** · Apr 1st, 2001, 07:17 AM

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** · Apr 17th, 2001, 10:38 PM

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

anoop007 · Apr 18th, 2001, 01:26 AM

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...!

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