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A New Technique to Quickly Erase Hard Drives

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the clean-and-clear dept.

RockDoctor writes "Stories about 'wiped' hard drives appearing on eBay (and other channels) and being stuffed with personably-identifiable data are legion; rarer are spy planes having to land on enemy territory, but it happened in 2001 to a US spy plane over an un-declared enemy (China, and that's a topic in itself). Dark Reading reports the development of a technique to securely wipe a hard drive in seconds, and which is safe for flying. (The safe for flying criterion rules out things like fun with packing the drives in thermite. Also thermiting the drives may not erase the platters to the standard required, which is moderately interesting itself."

3 of 458 comments (clear)

  1. THiS IS GOaTSEX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    its 83aders and

  2. Truly The Cheapest Way by IHC+Navistar · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I just use my M1A 7.62 x 51.

    Only $.10 per drive destroyed.

    Or, if you want the ultimate in cost savings, just use a 10 lb. sledge.

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    Sig Sauer

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    Knowing Google's lust for data collection, the Soviet Union is still alive and well inside the psyche of Sergey Brin....
  3. Gone... by zoohoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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