β² 385 βΌ Who is using my file? (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 month ago by DaGammla@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] oats@piefed.zip 9 points 1 month ago (2 children) Nah, they just throw away the block markings, absolutely. Overwriting a SSD is difficult as well, better encrypt the drive and trash the key when you decommission. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) What about microwaving it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] oats@piefed.zip 1 point 1 month ago You mean like in your kitchen? Too much metal, you'll damage your magnetron. You could use thermite and melt it to a pulp. Dangerous as well, though. Really, just encrypt. Your CPU has AES extensions, performance impact is negligible. Simple, clean, and a protection against involuntary decommission as well. permalink fedilink source parent [β] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 month ago Overwriting a SSD is difficult as well, Trim does a pretty good job actually. Secure erase as well. https://rossmanngroup.com/technical-reference/what-trim-does-and-why-it-destroys-data better encrypt the drive and trash the key when you decommission. Absolutely. I've had to RMA defective HDDs, and was glad I didn't have to think about what kind of data was still on the platters. SSDs and HDDs don't always completely fail either. I've had a case where the drive could still be read, albeit very slowly. Writes were not working. Kinda sucks if you wanted to empty the drive before handing it in for repair/replacement. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) What about microwaving it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] oats@piefed.zip 1 point 1 month ago You mean like in your kitchen? Too much metal, you'll damage your magnetron. You could use thermite and melt it to a pulp. Dangerous as well, though. Really, just encrypt. Your CPU has AES extensions, performance impact is negligible. Simple, clean, and a protection against involuntary decommission as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] oats@piefed.zip 1 point 1 month ago You mean like in your kitchen? Too much metal, you'll damage your magnetron. You could use thermite and melt it to a pulp. Dangerous as well, though. Really, just encrypt. Your CPU has AES extensions, performance impact is negligible. Simple, clean, and a protection against involuntary decommission as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 month ago Overwriting a SSD is difficult as well, Trim does a pretty good job actually. Secure erase as well. https://rossmanngroup.com/technical-reference/what-trim-does-and-why-it-destroys-data better encrypt the drive and trash the key when you decommission. Absolutely. I've had to RMA defective HDDs, and was glad I didn't have to think about what kind of data was still on the platters. SSDs and HDDs don't always completely fail either. I've had a case where the drive could still be read, albeit very slowly. Writes were not working. Kinda sucks if you wanted to empty the drive before handing it in for repair/replacement. permalink fedilink source parent
