On 21-Mar-05, at 10:45 AM, Christopher Dailey wrote:
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There are several Linux (Unix) programs that will trash most traces of a file, but if it's really a security issue why use some else's computer? For 95% or more of most normal circumstance secure delete will do the job. If I wanted to find the files though the first place I would really check is where the the tmp files were written too.
Chris D.
I had to borrow his computer because my PB was having serious problems and the hard drive had to be erased. I needed the hard drive space.
The iMac does not have the option of zeroing the data apparently so the only option is to just erase the hard drive. There is not a secure empty trash option on the iMac as it is only running 10.1 so I just erased the hard drive and re-installed the OS.
Are you saying the secure empty trash is actually more secure than erasing the drive ?
I was just curious as to how easy it is to retrieve files from an erased hard drive.
Amber
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