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The cops pay Anon a visit (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 26 points 9 months ago (14 children)

So if there is anything on your computer, deleting it just destroys the file directory to it, they can find it still, you have to delete everything, then rewrite over it with new information.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (10 children)

    Drills, big magnets, hammers etc… work too

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Big magnets will only pull the arm off the plates and leave the data intact. Also why waste good hardware when all it needs is a couple of writes with all zeroes and ones?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Feels like it's easier to just not have anything on your hard drive that's worth that much effort. I can only think of one type of file that would justify that level of obfuscation in most of the world, and I actually fully support owners of those files turning their PCs over to the police unmolested, so to speak

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    Really? Looking around America right now(or any other fascist nation for that matter) you can't think of a single other reason why someone might want to hide electronic communications to the extent of not being recoverable?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Destroying the data on your hard drive only helps you if you think that files stored on it could incriminate you in court. ICE isn't sending your laptop in to a special forensics technician at DHS HQ to pull the 1s and 0s off of it to generate a justification for abducting and/or shooting you. Standard end to end encryption is plenty enough for online communications

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    ICE grunts are not the only threat of fascism.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Do you maybe want to try and converse? Instead of leaving a vague response hinting at a deeper perspective, how about you actually share that perspective? Who else do we have to fear at present, and how do you reckon rendering a file on your computer irrecoverable would protect you from them?

    By my reckoning, if you live under a government that would arrest you for excercizing speech, you're well beyond fucked by the time they seize your computer

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I recycle ewaste, and so I have boxes and boxes of old hard drives. My proc is single pass dban and then a 10mm hole drilled through the case and onto the platters.

    This is for normal business eol hardware that I get from offices and warehouses, nothing sketchy.

    If the client wants evidence of destruction before leaving premises, I skip DBAN and just drill the platters with a cordless drill.

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