If Gentoo can die off, ReiserFS is doomed (was Re: Reiser FS or ext3?)
Jeffrey Watts
jeffrey.w.watts at gmail.com
Tue Sep 30 13:51:48 CDT 2008
My understanding is that for classified stuff they in fact do that. The
drives are "wiped" then sent to a contractor that melts them down.
Jeffrey.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Dana Smith <akadanak at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't figure out why the government just doesn't remove the hard drives
> and send them to a shredder. Even a private individual can achieve roughly
> the same level of security with a drill and a 1/2" drill bit. With the price
> of drives being what they are now it can't impact very much the resale value
> of the computer to sell it without a drive installed.
>
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"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from
oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that
will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine
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