Comment on The cops pay Anon a visit

hector@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Slashme@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  shred /dev/sda

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  • apex32@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hah. TIL you can use shred on device files. I was only familiar with using dd to wipe drives.

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• BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Drills, big magnets, hammers etc… work too

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  • Sv443@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Big magnets will only pull the arm off the plates and leave the data intact. Also why waste good hardware when all it needs is a couple of writes with all zeroes and ones?

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    • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe your don’t have time

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      • Sv443@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        tbh I completely forgot about the context of this post. Yeah shredding takes longer than getting a warrant from a corrupt judge

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  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mircrowave.

    Just take out anything LiON prior to nuking.

    And also plan on getting a new microwave.

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    • Sv443@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      and do it outside and throw the microwave away so you don’t die from NO2 poisoning

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Feels like it’s easier to just not have anything on your hard drive that’s worth that much effort. I can only think of one type of file that would justify that level of obfuscation in most of the world, and I actually fully support owners of those files turning their PCs over to the police unmolested, so to speak

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    • aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Really? Looking around America right now(or any other fascist nation for that matter) you can’t think of a single other reason why someone might want to hide something electronically to the extent of not being recoverable?

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      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Destroying the data on your hard drive only helps you if you think that files stored on it could incriminate you in court. ICE isn’t sending your laptop in to a special forensics technician at DHS HQ to pull the 1s and 0s off of it to generate a justification for abducting and/or shooting you. The same goes for when they make being gay or trans illegal. Standard end to end encryption is plenty enough for online communications

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• Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I recycle ewaste, and so I have boxes and boxes of old hard drives. My proc is single pass dban and then a 10mm hole drilled through the case and onto the platters.

  This is for normal business eol hardware that I get from offices and warehouses, nothing sketchy.

  If the client wants evidence of destruction before leaving premises, I skip DBAN and just drill the platters with a cordless drill.

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