[Gllug] Erase Files Like A Pro

Alistair Mann alistair at lgeezer.net
Fri May 30 10:24:56 UTC 2003


Thus spaketh Doug Winter on Friday 30 May 2003 10:26 am:
> On Fri 30 May Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> > rm -fr works for me...
> >
> > If you're paranoid, wipe is free.
>
> There's no way of reliably wiping a hard disc (or a file) in software.
> If the contents of an HDD are sufficiently secret, you should physically
> destroy it.

Don't listen to Doug! ROT-13 is a perfect method in software for secreting 
your files.
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