sanitizing disc

[Kyle Cotton]

If you are deeply concerned with your data being compromised both use DBAN and destroy the hard drive.  

-Kyle Cotton

> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:40:52 -0600
> Subject: Re: sanitizing disc
> From: garry at gdconn.com
> 
> 
> 
> >> 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.
> 
> Okay at this point the quality of this discussion has completely degraded. Enough info has been provided to allow a user enough detail to make a conscious choice in terms of which direction to go with a drive. Anything further from this point should be discussed directly with each other. Why wreck this thread with a debate. There's a wealth of information prior to this point. Just agree to disagree. 
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