Hello,
> I haven't done it (I don't have the equipment), but the US Federal spec
> for declassifying a drive requires you to do this number of random
> writes before you can say that the drive is 'declassified'... Of
> course, if you are truly trying to declassify a drive, the best way is
> with a 16# sledge...
Someone once told me that there was a military agency that when
they wanted to declassify a backup tape, they would first tore it down to
small pieces and then burn them with acid.... and then had the acid
classified for a year.
I'm sure someone is getting a lot of money out of this...
Apa, siau.
-- p.
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