Not an attitude, just a question
On Jan 28, 2012 7:23 PM, Andy Smith a...@bitfolk.com wrote:
Hello scoundrel50a,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 06:40:33PM +, scoundrel50a wrote:
What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an
hdd.
Nothing. As I stated, a simple single pass of dd is all that's
needed to practically do that, and if you need more than that then
DBAN's your tool.
I use DBAN myself on anything that has other people's data on it
just so I can honestly say to them that the data is gone. For my own
stuff I am happy with a single pass of dd.
and why do people feel the need to be so condescending when
somebody asks about it...trying to make the person asking look
guilty..funny thing, you seem to know how to do it, even with the
attitude..
Where is _your_ attitude coming from? I wasn't trying to make anyone
look guilty. No one even made any outlandish suggestions yet so who
would I be trying to make look guilty!? The people who do exactly
the same as what I do?
It is common that people think that all manner of extreme measures
are required, and I was just trying to head that off in a humourous
way so we didn't need to go there. As it turns out I completely
missed the mark anyway because he wasn't actually asking about
secure data deletion.
Maybe I hit a little too close to home. It's OK, scoundrel50a, I
won't come looking for your island fortress. Stand down your
henchpersons. Have a great weekend!
Cheers,
Andy
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