Comment on From a cyber security aspect how hazardous are random mini PCs from Ali Express/Amazon if you are starting with a fresh OS install?

• Kelly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sure, repartitioning works too.

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• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.

  Partitioning does not wipe things.

  It rewrites the partition tables, obviously, but no data elsewhere.

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  • viking@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s why I said “essentially”. The data is no longer accessible by the system, which is all that’s needed to prevent malicious files from being executed.

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    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      is all that’s needed to prevent malicious files

      Hmmm. So why do tools for “safe erase” even exist? ;-)

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