Do people really have stuff they care about ...

Posted by Bob Janova at 2:44pm Apr 15 '13
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... to the extent of being paranoid about data recovery? I mean, companies with commercially confidential data, sure, those disks need proper disposal. But I would never consider bothering with erasure before disposing of an old non working computer.

I've always wondered why a single low level write of zeroes everywhere wasn't enough.

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