Re: The hammer is best
The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
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| Organization | A little, after lunch |
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On 23/08/2026 12:55, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2026-08-23 11:14, Richard Kettlewell wrote: >> [email protected] (Kenny McCormack) writes: >>> Carlos E.R. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> ... >>>>> are hidden buffers plus the wear-leveling scheme >>>>> gets in the way. You wipe 'em the Hillary Clinton >>>>> way - HAMMER :-) >>>> >>>> Instead, use encryption, on the device or the partitions. >>> >>> Hammer is better, because encryption can be worked around by holding a >>> gun to the head of the person who knows the encryption key. >> >> My backup drives are encrypted. In principle they could be stolen from >> here, from an offsite location or in transit and if that happens I won’t >> have the opportunity to destroy it. > > Exactly. > > And in the typical business case, hammering of disks is not often done. It is UNIVERSALLY done in the UK. Insurance will be voided, contracts lost and people will get fired if it is not. The big sources of usable hardware are BIG corporates - banks, insurance companies, travel agencies... they dump a thousand machines a year to recycling companies who sign in blood that the disk will be CRUSHED. > Hard disks are simply repurposed, recycled, sold... usually zeroing them > first. Encryption protects the case when zeroing is forgotten, or the > disk breaks before that. Encryption protects against such accidents. > No, they are not. Not by corporations. Some Mickey Mouse companies with nothing worth stealing might... -- The higher up the mountainside The greener grows the grass. The higher up the monkey climbs The more he shows his arse. Traditional