On 07/10/2015 03:15 PM, Mike Small wrote:
I guess my point is people shouldn't be slavish to that advice. It
would be good if there were some to take up the detritus from those
companies and enthusiasts who are churning through all this junk
every couple years. Oh, and it would be nice if people would be a
little less paranoid and not figure harddrives need to have holes
drilled through them before turning them loose (not meaning to
dredge up that debate again). I don't have an electron scanning
microscope, scout's honour.
Most of the people who do the drilling ( I admit, I drilled hundreds
of drives) will actually agree with you. I agree with you 100% myself.
The data destruction is usually mandated by the
institution/organization/company. And, no, unfortunately, you can't
convince them otherwise
by technical arguments. If I had my own large company, I will overwrite
the entire drive with /dev/urandom and hand it to whoever wants it.
-- F. Ozbek
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