[lug] drive free space "wiper" recommendation

[Lori Reed]

On 10/12/2010 11:30 AM, Nate Duehr wrote:

> The vast majority of places I've talked to that have *really* sensitive
> data... you know, the kind of data that $100K to look at the platters,
> and various other hideously expensive techniques, would be cheap
> compared to what the person looking would gain -- no longer wipe
> drives.  They just shred them in machines designed to turn them into a
> very fine powder...

For those of us who can't afford industrial shredding machines, thermite 
is cheap, legal (SFAIK), and fun.

Lori