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Re: "Hard drive destruction 'crucial'" (BBC)
From: Jeff Rosowski <rosowskij () ie ymp gov>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:30:24 -0800 (PST)
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Paul Vixie wrote:The only way to stop fraudsters stealing information from old computer hard drives is by destroying them completely, a study has found.Paul M. Moriarty wrote:Why not just encrypt the whole thing before chucking it?Then definitely do it repeatedly. Or /usr/bin/shred it multiple times. Overwritten data can be recovered too.
I've always been partial to thermite. But if you're for the less dramatic, I've heard drilling a drill a hole through the drive and soaking it in some nice salt water is effective. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iEYEARECAAYFAklmcHIACgkQTs2s3OoD6D9A+QCfa/nQGs40sWR+n9Ct4du8IcXC 9aUAn2/jynF2VTRZsb1zEKJ+g5raodBY =LGGX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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