Single drive wipe protects data, research finds

Single drive wipe protects data, research finds
Robert Lemos, 2009-01-16

Might want to read the source report. 2009-01-16
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: Might want to read the source report. 2009-01-19
Robert Lemos (1 replies)

Re: Re: Might want to read the source report. 2009-01-19
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: Re: Re: Might want to read the source report. 2009-01-19
Anonymous

This analysis depends on the assumption that the person looking at the drive is not looking for the erasure of a particular file. For instance, suppose I stole a Big Secret, copied to my flash drive then overwrote the file on the hard drive. Owner of Big Secret suspects me and gets my hard drive. A bit of matching will reveal sectors which have unusually high matches with Big Secret even if the probability of an individual bit retaining its state is only slightly better than chance.

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Commentor

Single drive wipe protects data, research finds 2009-01-17
Anonymous

Single drive wipe protects data, research finds 2009-01-18
brl

This is hogwash... 2009-01-19
Anonymouse (4 replies)

Re: This is hogwash... 2009-01-19
Anonymous (2 replies)

Re: Re: This is hogwash... 2009-01-19
Anonymous

Re: This is hogwash... 2009-01-19
Anonymous

Re: This is hogwash... 2009-01-20
Anonymous

And you are mistaken about your "recovery" 2009-01-20
Anonymous

Single drive wipe protects data, research finds 2009-01-19
Anonymous

Single drive wipe protects data, research finds 2009-01-19
Chris

1) It is not an electron microscope 2) It is definitely possible to see bits 2009-01-19
Colby Boles (1 replies)

Re: 1) It is not an electron microscope 2) It is definitely possible to see bits 2009-01-21
Demagnetized Magnetician

Less successful than a coin toss? INVERT! 2009-01-20
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: Less successful than a coin toss? INVERT! 2009-01-21
Anonymous