[lug] drive free space "wiper" recommendation

[Bear Giles]

Ever check your 401(k) balance online?

Do you keep PDF copies of bank statements?


On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Glenn Murray <glenn.murray at gmail.com>wrote:

> This seems overly cautious to me.
>
> 1.  I don't know how much "Academic" papers really affect the people
> writing drive erasure software.
>
> 2.  It's not clear to me what a "large number" means here.
>
> 3.  I have a hard time believing that the "Government" really cares
> about what's on my hard drive.
>
> 4.  Needlessly destroying hardware doesn't sit well with my green
> sensibilities.
>
> If there is data on my hard drive worth tens of thousands of dollars I
> wish someone would point it out to me.
>
> Cheers,
> Glenn
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com> wrote:
> >  By the way, note that a large number of the Academic papers written on
> > the topic of drive erasure were funded by Government money (grants,
> > etc.) the very people who want their data private, and yet might also
> > want to read yours...
> >
> > Physically turning the drive into tiny little bits, pretty much negates
> > any "conflict of interest". :-)
> >
> > Nate
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