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[–] 20 points 9 months ago (20 children)

That's overkill, a couple of passes with dd and it's irrecoverable.

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

    A couple of passed with dd takes way longer than bolt cutters and it’s much less satisfying

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

    I think they meant you could wipe with dd and then they are recyclable reusable.

    EDIT: s/recycleable/reusable

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    More like they become reusable. A lot of places that refurbish donated computers for people who need them are perpetually short on drives since so much of the hardware they get have the drives pulled.

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

    SSDs are cheap enough, no sense in using a 10 year old mechanical drive to save $30.

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

    SSDs are not cheap anymore, mate. "AI" made sure of that.

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

    Yeah lmao. Wipe one drive at a time with a USB connector. No thanks. I don't have bulk drive operation equipment and then it ties up a computer doing the work.

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    A tool, primarily within Linux, that can overwrite disks. I've never seen it recommended for data deletion, but I guess it makes sense.

    It stands for "disk to disk" and is usually used for things like writing ISOs.

    However, shred is the usual approach.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    I thought it stood for DiskDump

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