Re: "Hard drive destruction 'crucial'" (BBC)

[Andri Möll <andri () dot ee>]

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
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