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Can hidden partitions interact with OS's? Can they monitor your computer in secret and do things based on the information they find?
Let's say I put a hidden partition on the drive that can't be erased by regular re-formatting. Now, would it be possible to have this partition secretly check an email address whenever given access to the internet? Even if the OS is changed, or re-installed, it will always do this.
If my laptop was ever stolen, I'd write an SOS and the computer would then send me back #IP numbers, keylogs, usage times, and anything else that was important.
On top of that, I guess putting in a stealth tracking device couldn't hurt. But I feel that something like that would be easily removed.
Can hidden partitions interact with OS's? Can they monitor your computer in secret and do things based on the information they find?
Let's say I put a hidden partition on the drive that can't be erased by regular re-formatting. Now, would it be possible to have this partition secretly check an email address whenever given access to the internet? Even if the OS is changed, or re-installed, it will always do this.
If my laptop was ever stolen, I'd write an SOS and the computer would then send me back #IP numbers, keylogs, usage times, and anything else that was important.
On top of that, I guess putting in a stealth tracking device couldn't hurt. But I feel that something like that would be easily removed.