[lug] drive free space "wiper" recommendation

[Glenn Murray]

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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