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minus-squareNibodhika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down4·1 month agoThat’s overkill, a couple of passes with dd and it’s irrecoverable.
minus-squareJustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 month agoA couple of passed with dd takes way longer than bolt cutters and it’s much less satisfying
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYeah lmao. Wipe one drive at a time with a USB connector. No thanks. I don’t have bulk drive operation equipment and then it ties up a computer doing the work.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoWait, you don’t just hang like 6 of them out of your desktop by their cables and wipe them while you sleep?
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoMine, sure. I replaced 15 desktops that day, no fucking way. Snip
minus-squarecheesybuddha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI think bolt cutters are faster though
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAnd significantly more power efficient
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThey’re 500gb mechanical hard drives with financial data on them. Snip and done. No time wasted, not reusing them.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoA tool, primarily within Linux, that can overwrite disks. I’ve never seen it recommended for data deletion, but I guess it makes sense. It stands for “disk to disk” and is usually used for things like writing ISOs. However, shred is the usual approach.
That’s overkill, a couple of passes with dd and it’s irrecoverable.
A couple of passed with dd takes way longer than bolt cutters and it’s much less satisfying
Yeah lmao. Wipe one drive at a time with a USB connector. No thanks. I don’t have bulk drive operation equipment and then it ties up a computer doing the work.
Wait, you don’t just hang like 6 of them out of your desktop by their cables and wipe them while you sleep?
Mine, sure. I replaced 15 desktops that day, no fucking way.
Snip
I think bolt cutters are faster though
And significantly more power efficient
But more wasteful
They’re 500gb mechanical hard drives with financial data on them. Snip and done. No time wasted, not reusing them.
What’s dd?
A tool, primarily within Linux, that can overwrite disks. I’ve never seen it recommended for data deletion, but I guess it makes sense.
It stands for “disk to disk” and is usually used for things like writing ISOs.
However,
shredis the usual approach.