sanitizing disc

[Liam Proven]

On 4 February 2014 21:41, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
> I'm not missing your point, I'm disagreeing.

:-)

> BUT: If people are *especially* concerned, then they can and should
> destroy the drive.

This is the part where *I* strongly disagree with *you*, I guess.

> Recovery of data from a drive that someone has deliberately smashed (and
> certainly from a drive that someone has shredded) is for all practical
> purposes impossible.

No, it not impossible, it is perfectly doable, merely very hard.

> If it is possible at all it will require
> specialised services, will cost a lot of money and take a lot of time.

Yes. But the point is, smash it to bits, the data definitely *can* be
recovered and the drive definitely can't be reused. DBAN it, the data
definitely can't be recovered and the drive definitely can be reused.

No contest.

> These are the technical matters. Charity comes second.

I think you're wrong.

> And you may recall that I a) was the first to recommend shred and b)
> warned against the use of controller commands by amateurs.

A fair point.


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