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[–] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

the fastest way to uninstall a program is to wipe the entire drive

You kid but the fastest modern way to "wipe out" a phone or an encrypted hard drive is to destroy its encryption key. It shouldn't last more than a few milliseconds.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    Some modern hard drives transparently encrypt all data with an internal key, which can be erased with a special secure erase command. Comes in handy for wiping drives without spending hours overwriting the enire disk.

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