[lug] drive free space "wiper" recommendation

[Bear Giles]

Nobody cares about your balance, it's the bank routing and account numbers
that are important.  Whip up some fake checks and by the time you fight it
out with the bank I'm long gone with your money.

Ditto online brokerage accounts.  It's not because someone can peek, it's
because somebody can authorize a wire transfer of your funds to the Cayman
Islands.

A few years ago there was a story of a guy who checked his balance every
day.  Then he came back from vacation and his account had been wiped out.
It turned out that the attacker also had access to his email and was waiting
until he knew the guy would be away from his computer for a few days before
transferring out millions of dollars.

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Glenn Murray <glenn.murray at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think I may have checked some balances every couple of years.  I
> don't keep copies of bank statements, but I probably should.
>
> Who cares?  I mean, even if this were public information (as it has
> been most of my career), does anyone outside of my family really care
> how much money I have/earn/spend, especially if it is all so
> predictable?
>
> The idea that the government is going to come after me for my
> depressingly conventional politics is also silly.  I would be thrilled
> to be able to stand up in front of Congress and speak against the
> dirty dogs compromising my principles.  Unfortunately, my politics
> don't seem to attract that much attention.  I've never even been
> arrested for them, and that's an embarrassment.
>
> Cheers,
> Glenn
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Bear Giles <bgiles at coyotesong.com>
> wrote:
> > 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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