The final solution is to heat your hard drive. You will be 100 % certain about loss of your valuable data.
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 05:47:18 -0800 (PST), Alex Mbaziira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You dont know how easy u've made my assignment :-) > This saves me alot of hussle freeware and trialwarer. > Thanks! > > --- Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/wlg/6592 > > Bruce Schneier has linked to yet another study that > > shows that people > > don't securely delete data from drives before > > selling them. This group > > purchased 111 supposedly clean hard drives and > > recovered a lot of > > sensitive information including "national insurance > > numbers, evidence > > of a married womanÃââs affair and detailed > > biographical information about > > children." I think the major issue is that your > > common guy thinks that > > formatting the drive is the solution to erase data, > > and anything more > > sophisticated than that is too difficult or > > expensive. Here I'll show > > you how to easily shred a drive using free Open > > Source tools. > > > > "The basic problem with a regular format of a hard > > drive, is that it > > generally doesn't actually go back and scramble all > > of the data... > > > > **************** > > ***************************** > > Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network > > Consultancy### > > KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & > > Internet Solutions# > > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > > Tel: +256 77 972255 > > +256 71 221141 > > Fax: +256 31 262122 > > > ***************************************************************** > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) > > > > > iD8DBQFCKB0Y6oXqh9gLHWwRAu2BAJ9nsHmYlXGiTP0wIovN9f1iS1YdSwCdFFLA > > 6O0Cd3Fs6HE/nPfPpqjzoL8= > > =H+v0 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > __________________________________ > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
