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Should source files be stored and read only from an easily destructible portable disk?
Assume an intruder capable to read from the fixed disk, where source files were used to compile the server and then deleted (files where the password storage security is kept raw). Since that data can ...
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Prove that you deleted the file
Is it possible to prove a date that you Deleted a file through the recycle bin? I delete a folder of pictures 2 months ago and somebody is asking to prove that I did it.
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What's a good secure file deleter
I've used cipher \w which is built into Windows to overwrite free space but I'm looking for a tool that securely deletes files which have not been deleted yet. It would be a plus (but certainly not ...
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securely destroying data on an external hard drive [duplicate]
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How can I reliably erase all information on a hard drive?
I purchased an external hard drive and have been saving various things including system backups to it. I got it ...
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How far beyond using Shred should I go when deleting files? [duplicate]
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How can I reliably erase all information on a hard drive?
I'm looking to securely erase my files. Is shred the best option besides ditching the hardware? To what lengths ...
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Writing file shredder
I want to write a simple file shredder in c++, i.e. a program that deletes a file so that it is not recoverable. Would the following be a secure and correct way to do that?
(1) Open the file with
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Can wiped SSD data be recovered?
I was reading another post on destroying IDE drives, and how you could remove data, wipe it, or just destroy the drive. The removed data would still be there in some state, although not easily ...
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Is running an erase tool after an OS install sufficient to ensure no data from the old install is recoverable?
How secure do you consider this process?
A drive has data from a previous OS installation.
A new OS installation is made on the drive, and Heidi Eraser is run on free space.
What are the chances ...
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Why is writing zeros (or random data) over a hard drive multiple times better than just doing it once?
Lots of different programs, such as Darik's Boot and Nuke, let you write over a hard drive multiple times under the guise of it being more secure than just doing it once. Why?
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How can you remove your presence from the Internet?
How can you remove your presence from the Internet?
For example from social networks, from email servers, from forums etc. Problem is how records of you are identified on the internet?
We have well ...
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Can someone tell if you delete deleted files?
I am aware that to delete something completely we will have to use a program that over-writes the deleted file such that it is unrecoverable.
Is there anyway to tell that this has happened? Or is the ...
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How can files be deleted in a HIPAA-compliant way?
Any material I've come up with for data destruction standards relate to completely wiping (ATA Secure Erase) and physically destroying hard drives, but I haven't been able to find much about standards ...
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How can I reliably erase all information on a hard drive?
As storage technologies change over time, using different encodings and remappings to deal with sector errors, the best way to permanently erase/wipe/shred data changes also.
Methods for flash drives ...
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Is it enough to only wipe a flash drive once?
According to the documentation for the "diskscrb" command for wiping conventional hard drives: http://www.forensics-intl.com/diskscrb.html
"Conforms to and exceeds the Government Standard set ...
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Is it a security issue that Thunderbird only logically deletes emails?
I have several e-mail accounts configured in Thunderbird. I just wanted to move an e-mail from one of my e-mail accounts [A] Trash folder to another accounts [B] Inbox folder. Because the moved e-mail ...
