Subj : Re: New News About Secure Delete (wiping)
To   : warmfuzzy
From : k9zw
Date : Thu Sep 08 2022 15:21:00

On 08 Sep 2022, warmfuzzy said the following...
 
 wa> It has come to my attention that wiping a drive with zeros (zero'ing out
 wa> a drive) does not actually provide a sufficient degree of security in
 wa> keeping your data safe.  I've learned that using some commercial
 wa> software hard drives can be made to reveal the data that they store even
 wa> though zeros are written over their data.  This is because of "offset"

Degaussing and crushing may seem extreme, but likely it is the only way to securely delete.

--- Steve K9ZW via SPOT BBS 

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