[GRLUG] Data wiping / recovery / paranoia

[Jorge La]

It's funny when you see dumb criminals. I was watching some TV show, and
this guy was trying to get ride of data on a floppy. Instead of burning it,
or even swiping it w/ a magnet, the guy ripped it apart.

:-/

he aparently didn't know that the FBI has something called glue. LOL.

their's this linux command that writes over a drive w/ random number, and
then zeros. (i cant think of the name of the command :-/). woun't that solve
the prob then? cuz if every bit gets turned into a 0, u cant recover
anything :)

On 9/14/06, Kyle Smith <kylewesleysmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/14/06, Bill Littlejohn <billl at mtd-inc.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Aside from the entertainment factor, I fail to understand why people
> insist
> > on destroying the HDD assembly.
> >  It's fairly simple to remove the platters, and they can be dealt with
> much
> > more effectively outside the enclosure.
> >  Personally, I would use a degausser (because my shop has one) but a
> regular
> > home bench grinder should do the trick also.
> >  Or, if you like to recycle, the platters are pure aluminum last I knew.
> > http://www.instructables.com/id/EC1S0WGQ8FEQHO8ZNQ/?ALLSTEPS
> >
> >  BL
>
> There is no reason other than entertainment.
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