On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, chandlg@hotmail.com wrote:
I have used an older version of ?Eraser? with great success on various
types of media. I will try the new version tonight.
"Eraser is a secure data removal tool for Windows. It completely removes
sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with
carefully selected patterns. "
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my only reservation about those types of data removal tools is that they
make several writes to the device. flash drives can only be written to a
limited number of times before they die. OTOH, most flash drives will die
after one good hit with a hammer.
as always, it depends on your threat model... use what you think is best
under the circumstances... delete (unlink) the files; overwrite them once;
overwrite them N times; smash the device with a hammer; bury it next to
jimmy hoffa; incinerate the drive and spread the ashes to all four corners
of the world. it all depends on your threat model (and your budget for
replacing drives).
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...atom
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"You don't get everything you want. A dictatorship would
be a lot easier."
-- George "dubya" Bush, describing what it's like
to be governor of Texas. (Governing Magazine 7/98)
"If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot
easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."
-- George "dubya" Bush
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/18/nd.01.html
18 Dec 2000 CNN.com
"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's
no question about it."
George "dubya" Bush, 27 Jul 2001 Associated Press
