Re: Hard Drive data security

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Date: 10/04/04

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    On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Alessandro Bottonelli wrote:

    > If the drive contained high level classified data and I were concerned
    > that some "agency" (with motivation and tools) may be interested in
    > them, then probably I would trust no wiping tools and I would simply pay
    > the extra price for not returning the drive to the manufacturer and take
    > care personally of destroying physically the drive before disposing of
    > it. Many gray-scale scenarios may lay in between those to extremes.
    ===============

    right. there are some situations where the only "good enough" way to
    destroy data is to smash the drive with a sledgehammer until there's
    nothing left but powder. wear safety glasses!

    of course, this will probably void your warranty, so you won't be able to
    send it back to the factory. i guess that qualifies as a security
    trade-off.

             ...atom

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