Well, it's my girlfriend's old laptop, going to my roommate. She has some financial stuff, ssn, that kind of stuff on there.
This is my roommate's first computer, so I don't think he is TOO much of a security threat. I don't know he might be working for China. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm no expert, but if you really want effective destruction of the > data, shouldn't you destroy the platters? I heard a story from a > reputable source about a company that had a military contract to > dispose of computer equipment at a military base. Supposedly someone > found Chinese spies digging through waste and checking disposed drives > with electrical equipment to try and find useful info. After that the > contractor instituted a process where they had the drives totally > destroyed - down to dust. I can't verify whether that's true or not, > just saying - if having that data out in public would substantially > damage your career, I say go all the way. > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Matthew Smith <chedders...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Giving a laptop to someone. Need to completely erase HD. To DOD specs > > would be nice. Free preferr > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315723 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
