From Martyn Thomas
You report proposals that computer operating systems should be modified to keep a copy of RAM on the hard disc, to aid forensic analysis when computers are found running at crime scenes (23 February, p 23).
This is a terrible idea. All sorts of confidential data is held in RAM, including the keys to any encrypted disc partitions. That would make all data on a stolen laptop available to the thief. The police already know how to grab the contents of RAM from a running computer. Let’s not make life easier for thieves.
Bath, Somerset, UK
