Why 'rm -R star' Isn't Enough

zdburke writes: "Short but interesting article in the New York Times (free reg req'd) about how difficult it is to cover your digital tracks because electronic documents are so well distributed -- on your lap top, on your workstation, on the server... Yes there are tools to thoroughly delete files on your computer, rather than just unlinking them when they're put in the trash, but it's the distributed nature of content these days that poses a special problem to the Ollie North's of the world."

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Re:PGP wipe does a very poor job. (See this link)

[jeffy124]

PGP wipe isn't very good

yeah, but only if you're still using versions from many years ago. According to your link, versions 6.5.x and 7.0.3 (while still not perfect) effectively wipe the data from the file, but leave behind a filename. Every other version was ineffective.