Shredder ?!

[Jan Vancura]

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Chanchao wrote:
> Having a 'shredder' icon to represent a regular move-to-trash or even
> filesystem delete is seriously bad.  It's a lie, it implies things are
> shredded securely, but they aren't they're merely moved to the trash.
> 
> This default icon has GOT to change in an URGENT SECURITY UPDATE!  With
> most security breaches involving human errors or misunderstandings, this
> is an unacceptable security risk that exists in Ubuntu Edgy.

Looks like a trash can to me...
> 
> Secondly, is there an 'actual' secure shredding program/applet available
> for Ubuntu?  Something like 'Eraser' on Windows that will do multiple
> over-writes with random data?
> 
> Cheers,
> Chanchao

It's called 'shred', and the command is 'shred'. Good luck, and be
careful ;)

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