shredding files on a flash drive

[Anthony de Boer]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> A problem with Guttmann's paper is that it seems to posit somewhat
> more "magical" means of data recovery than seems to actually exist.

If your data is still hot in 2013 and they've invented better means of
recovery by then, you could be in trouble if your data-wiping is only
sufficient to 2008 forensics.  It's best to be at least one step more
thorough than you think you need to be, on things that really matter to
you.

Again, that only applies if your data is really hot, and I trust most of
us don't have anything more secret than an MP3 collection and a credit
card number, and the latter shouldn't touch my own disk except perchance
in swap while I'm buying something online.

(NB: correct spelling is Gutmann, in case anyone is Googling for his
papers.)

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Anthony de Boer
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