[laxcoach]

I find this far fetched at best. I have been noticing that talking heads have started using the term meta data and I wonder if they know what it means.

Now this? Ehh

The way this reads, we are to believe that every time you touch a file, mysterious meta data is stored. Every time we copy a file mysterious meta data is stored.

That isn’t reality. Yes, systems can be built to do that. But flat files on your computer do not get forensic data attached to them constantly. There is no meta data that says how that file arrived in a location. Furthermore, even if you did have that kind of meta data, it could be altered.

Don’t be fooled by this “analysis.”

Seth Rich may have copied that data. But this reads like fiction, and probably is fiction.

[FreedomOfExpression]

The way this reads, we are to believe that every time you touch a file, mysterious meta data is stored. Every time we copy a file mysterious meta data is stored.

That isn’t reality.

Really? So you don't believe that "mysterious" (play eerie music here) metadata is stored in photographs or any other files by default? Denying reality doesn't make it less real.

[nicollo]

I’m a technical ignorant, but this is very simple: if these files were downloaded remotely via a remote hack, the time stamp on the various files would have had more space between them due to slower speeds via the remote connection. Instead, the time stamps on these files shows they had to be downloaded via a local connection. There’s also some evidence it was to a USB, so that, too.

What bothers me is that this is news: this is entirely obvious and I would assume any FBI or other forensic analysis would have looked for this type of metadata immediately.

[Cboldt]

I read a different analysis that looked at the so-called meta-data in a MSWord doc file, the material accessible under "Files/Properties" from the user menu. That analysis basically concluded that Guccifer 2.0 was not who he claimed to be.

As you point out, otherwise meta-data is (usually) limited to datestamp. I'd add to a possibility in MSWord files, some change/diff/author history, if the function of recording that data is turned on.

The article is adding another layer of meta-data, that being a timestamp associated with packing files in a compressed archive.

-- ... even if you did have that kind of meta data, it could be altered. --

Yep.

[rodguy911]

“Metadata is data that describes other data. Meta is a prefix that in most information technology usages means “an underlying definition or description.” Metadata summarizes basic information about data, which can make finding and working with particular instances of data easier.”
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Pretty sure this is what
George Webb Schweigert had in mind when he constantly referred to metadata.

[KEVLAR]

Did you not read the article?

Or are you not that familiar with file systems?

[TommyC1]

Your comment shows your total ignorance. And I mean total!

[spokeshave]

The way this reads, we are to believe that every time you touch a file, mysterious meta data is stored. Every time we copy a file mysterious meta data is stored.

Exactly

What is metadata? - Definition from WhatIs.com whatis.techtarget.com › Topics › Storage and Data Mgmt › Data and data management Metadata is data that describes other data. Meta is a prefix that in most information technology usages means "an underlying definition or description." Metadata summarizes basic information about data, which can make finding and working with particular instances of data easier.

Could also be GPS locations of cell phones used to send e-mails.....routine back up systems.....program up-dates...etc.

[usconservative]

Seth Rich may have copied that data. But this reads like fiction, and probably is fiction.

If it looks like bullshit and smells like bullshit, it's bullshit.

Anyone who's take Computer Science 101 or Computer Security 101 laughs their ass off reading this thing. Totally unbelievable.

"The Forensicator?" Oh please!