shredding files on a flash drive

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Jan 25, 2008 3:20 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I would think it unsafe to make any grand decisions based on the
> assumption that:
> a) Nobody could build a suitable "magic machine," and
> b) Nobody has.
>
> There's enough "military industrial complex" money out there that it
> is reasonable to expect that there are some "magic machines" out there
> of one sort or another.  That doesn't mean that you or I can have
> access to them, and the presence of "gedanken experiments" does not
> establish the reality of there being a Real Magic Machine.

Agreed.  Anything is possible, given time/resources.  If you can
"gedonk" it, it can happen.  Nothing is static...

> For those who are paranoid, sometimes with reason, taking paranoid
> measures to destroy disk drives *isn't* irrational.  The EFF's "DES
> cracker" demonstrates that what may at one time have been an
> impossibly expensive technology may eventually become at least
> somewhat readily available.

Which is why I still recommend the sledgehammer :-)
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