Reliably Erasing Data from Flash-Based Solid State Drives

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On Thu, February 24, 2011 20:19, NoOp wrote:
> When you think you've erased that USB flash drive or SSD card, think
> again. See:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/21/flash_drive_erasing_peril/
> http://www.usenix.org/events/fast11/tech/tech.html#Wei
> http://www.usenix.org/events/fast11/tech/full_papers/Wei.pdf
>   [very interesting read]

Summarized: if you want to store secure data on on SSD, encrypt the
volume, and don't store the key on the same physical device.