May 3rd, 2018, 12:17
June 25th, 2018, 19:10
June 26th, 2018, 7:48
kaeding wrote:https://github.com/themaddoctor/linux-mybook-tools
June 26th, 2018, 13:36
Spildit wrote:labtech wrote:kaeding wrote:https://github.com/themaddoctor/linux-mybook-tools
From the author: "tools for opening some encrypted WD My Book drives in linux".
The tool does not seem to be able to decrypt My Passport clones/images outside the native "My Passport environment", hence why the author recommends other ways (e.g. reallymine).
Agree. Those tools are just to "open" the good working drives on linux as you would do on windows with the provided WD software so that you can work with those drives as you would on windows.
This will NOT decrypt damaged drives, drives outside of the enclosure, drives converted to SATA, etc ...
I think this is just "software" that works like the WD smartware software, etc ...
June 26th, 2018, 13:38
June 26th, 2018, 15:47
kaeding wrote:To do Passport drives with linux-mybook-tools, the drive must be converted to SATA, or the encryption chip must be bypassed. But it can.
Linux-mybook-tools is for SATA drives after the bridge card is removed. WD software is not used.
I don't know how you two are coming to those conclusions, unless you work for Roberto and want people to send him money.
June 26th, 2018, 15:50
June 26th, 2018, 20:13
June 26th, 2018, 20:17
June 26th, 2018, 20:28
I went back and looked at the emails. It was 550€ to recover a forgotten password on a MyBook and (I assume) recover the key. This quote was to a professional who would do the decryption and data recovery with the key. To me, 550€ seems like a lot for a doing a brute-force attack on one password. I told him I'd do it for 100, but his client pulled out by then.rogfanther wrote:Well, we don´t know the full situation, details of the case, how much the hdd was already botched from the user trying to fix, etc.
June 27th, 2018, 1:29
June 27th, 2018, 1:58
kaeding wrote:I don't know how you two are coming to those conclusions, unless you work for Roberto and want people to send him money.
June 27th, 2018, 8:11
abolibibelot wrote: .... wasn't confident enough to perform the required USB to SATA conversion himself, he prefered to give up......
abolibibelot wrote: ... The guy chose to go through with it anyway, since Roberto could take care of the whole procedure, while Mr. Kaeding only proposed to deal with the software part, albeit for a significantly cheaper fee.
June 27th, 2018, 14:51
Doesn´t seem to me that both parties offer the same services then.
If the "costumer" is even aware that Roberto price is way more expensive than kaeding price and even so the costumer decide to go with Roberto who are we to complain or decide for the costumer ?
Instead of "Roberto" you can for example try a professional data recovery firm with PC-3000 DE that will decrypt the data on-the-fly as well and pay $600 or more on the majority of places ...
June 27th, 2018, 15:27
abolibibelot wrote:@rogfantherDoesn´t seem to me that both parties offer the same services then.
In this particular case, no. But without the hardware part (which seems “relatively” easy in comparison) the pricing would have been (I guess) similar, “in the same ballpark”.
June 27th, 2018, 16:13
So, as many other things, it is easy when one knows how and has the necessary tools/ experience. Not everyone knows or has that. Example ? I know how an apendicectomy is done, can even see the pictures from training books in my mind. Do I think I am able to do it ? No. Would I expect good results if trying to do it ? Also not.
June 27th, 2018, 17:10
June 28th, 2018, 23:51
About the procedure : Apendicectomy is also explained in a lot of places. It is up to someone to understand what he is getting into, not do a monstrous mess then try to blame others for not having advised him. We are talking to adults here, not children.
And it is of little use to have a lot of warnings : people are still using 7200.11 commands blindly in 7200.12 and newer drives, even if the same post they reference states clearly that it should not be used. Human beings see what they want and ignore the rest.
June 29th, 2018, 9:17
knowledgeable people do have a responsibility in the kind of information they choose to disclose, be it publicly, or to individuals, on a case-by-case basis, depending on the perceived knowledge level of each concerned person in the particular field in question and his/her general level of carefulness and common sense, with the proper warnings when necessary.
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