Comment on What is the best way to safely and completely erase all data from old laptops?
HC4L@lemmy.world 11 months agoCracking encryption gets easier over time. This is a timebomb.
Comment on What is the best way to safely and completely erase all data from old laptops?
HC4L@lemmy.world 11 months agoCracking encryption gets easier over time. This is a timebomb.
jayrhacker@kbin.social 11 months ago
True, but if all the data was encrypted, then the drive formatted it would require physically dismantling an HDD in a clean room to recover data, for SSDs the wear leveling makes it hard to fully erase anything, but again, after encrypting and formatting the cost of the tools needed to get the data back are well above the potential benefit (i.e. there are easier ways to get people's personal info)
Bipta@kbin.social 11 months ago
I don't understand why filling the drive isn't enough to overcome wear leveling.