Paul M. Moriarty wrote: > Why not just encrypt the whole thing before chucking it? > > 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. >> >> ... >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7816446.stm
Then definitely do it repeatedly. Or /usr/bin/shred it multiple times. Overwritten data can be recovered too. Andri _______________________________________________ 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.
