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From: "Hemmann
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "wiping" unused space and/or secure erasing of files
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:15:28
Message-Id: 200510301905.20909.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] "wiping" unused space and/or secure erasing of files by Alexander Skwar
1 On Sunday 30 October 2005 17:26, Alexander Skwar wrote:
2
3 > Oh, no doubt that they can recover from burned platters.
4 > But have you ever seen, that they can recover overwritten
5 > data?
6
7 not seen, but read about it. They can recover overwritten data.
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9 >
10 > I've only heard the opposite - that they CANNOT do that.
11
12 maybe you should ask one of the forensic/data saving companies that do this
13 all day.
14
15 Recovering overwritten data is as easy as recovering from damaged drives.
16
17 Basically, you need a very, very sensitive magnetic coil ;)
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Re: [gentoo-user] "wiping" unused space and/or secure erasing of files Matthias Bethke <Matthias.Bethke@×××.net>