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Data Still Left on Storage Devices for Sale

Posted by Zonk on from the one-one-zero-one-zero-zero-one-one-zero-one dept.

cluedweasel writes "According to a BBC story many people are still putting up their old PC's and storage devices for sale without taking basic precautions to ensure that confidential data is erased. The suggestion at the end of the story is to get a professional forensics firm to wipe your data or just destroy the item in question. With the low price of storage devices, the latter is probably preferable."

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  1. Hmmm by OverlordQ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It seems like every 2-3 months we get an identical story. This isn't new, and I expect it will still happen for quite a long time still.

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  2. Nonsense. by topical_surfactant · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Two or three consecutive low-level formats followed by a re-partioning with massive random data files would probably do the trick.

  3. I'm sorry, but I just can't see how this is news by sunaj · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is it just me, or is it getting rather bizarre around here lately, with what passes for breaking news? Editors, please don't forget we are /. for cripes sake! We are the movers, we are the leading bleeding edgers, we know things. Please, please start editing again, and stop releasing crap!