Keylogger

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2 Dec 2017 20:59:40 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Sat, 2 Dec 2017 14:07:39 -0500, Adam McClure wrote:
>>On 12/02/2017 10:59 AM, Xen wrote:  
>>> Ralf Mardorf schreef op 02-12-2017 16:23:    
>>>> On Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:48:39 +0100, Xen wrote:    
>>>>> Ralf Mardorf schreef op 02-12-2017 9:31:    
>>>>>> CAUTION:  Note  that  shred  relies on a very important
>>>>>> assumption: that the file system overwrites data in place.  This
>>>>>> is the traditional way to do things, but many modern file system
>>>>>> designs do not satisfy this assumption.    
>>>>>
>>>>> If I recall correctly the next piece says that this only applies
>>>>> to Ext3/4 when journal mode is DATA, which is not the
>>>>> default ;-).    
>>>>
>>>> While this is correct, it's still worth to mention it.
>>>>    
>>>>> Thank you for creating noise ;-).    
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't call such a notice noise. This notice - incompletely
>>>> quoting the manpage - is indeed biased, but since I provided the
>>>> pointer to the extraction of the manpage, the reader is free to
>>>> read the complete manpage. Just mentioning that the history could
>>>> be shred without giving a hint to pitfalls, is much more biased and
>>>> furthermore it's dangerous.    
>>> 
>>> If you hadn't made a biased statement, I would not have had an
>>> issue.
>>> 
>>> Because then you don't create the impression that this is a very
>>> serious problem, when it isn't.
>>> 
>>> Creating fear in people for no reason, why do you do that?
>>>     
>>How is mentioning a warning that is halfway down on the manpage
>>"creating fear in people for no reason"?
>>
>>It was saying to be careful with the command, not creating fear.  
>
>Thank you Adam,
>
>let alone that at least some users aren't aware that there is a
>difference between deleting (removing) a file and shredding it, on what
>ever shred level. Regarding digital forensics the "deepness" how the
>file is shred could matter a lot, too.

In case I should need to ensure that the data on a HDD is unreadable,
I would like to own one of the elephant killing pistols a pen pal from
Virginia owns. Sorry pal, that I ever joked about one of your guns,
regarding self-defense. Actually making a HHD completely forensic
useless, owning an elephant gun is very good.

My apologies!

Bcc: To that Virginian pen pal. :D

I'm an audio and video engineer, so I own degaussing gear that could
harm a HDD, but without granting to make it unreadable for digital
forensics cleanroom laser methods. A "Dirty Harry" alike gun could!