> Yes, but what if I overwrite the device with random data from the very > first to the very last byte? Suppose the size of the device hasn't > decreased I'd think that wear-levelling has no chance to spare blocks in > this case. > >
Research paper on forensics for flash media : http://www.ssddfj.org/papers/SSDDFJ_V1_1_Breeuwsma_et_al.pdf In any case, provided you take a factory-new drive and immediately install an encrypted filesystem on it, any such "orphan" data would be essentially random. Regards, Michael Holstein Cleveland State University _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
