I'm pretty sure there is no software solution to find the data, it must actually be read with a much stronger reading method.
On 11/2/05, Angelo Bertolli
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Rob wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 12:28:34PM -0500, David Zakar wrote:
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>>Yes. There was a discussion on bugtraq (or focus-linux?) a while back, I
>>believe. Essentially, the best way to delete your data is to never store
>>it unencrypted, and make sure to use a good crypto algorithm. You could
>>always piece together a shattered hard drive and then read that, whereas
>>brute forcing the encrypted data is mathematically just not going to
>>happen.
>>
>>Of course, they could still conceivably read your RAM, so you'll need to
>>physically destroy/hide that, too. And your crypto key! Breaking into
>>your house and stealing that hidden USB key is a serious issue...
>>
>>
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>I've always taken it as a question of your faith in voodoo:
>
>Does the NSA have stronger voodoo in making lost bits coming back to
>life or by breaking strong encryption? Lots of smart people can talk,
>but no one really nows..
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>
You know, if it's really that hard to get rid of old data, someone ought
to leverage this to obtain more space from hard drives. I mean after
all, if data which is deleted and rewritten over isn't really gone, then
why not use it?
Angelo
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