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Secure deletion of data.

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After a fresh install of Windows 11 on a wiped disk, can you hide your Recycle Bin and never use "Delete", but instead right-click the file or folder and use Eraser software to permanently ...
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Does erasing and then encrypting a previously unencrypted HDD secure all data previously written to it?
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There is a lot of information online and on this forum indicating that it is difficult to securely erase SSD or flash drives. Normally, the expectation would be that data is erased by overwriting it, ...
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I have two external WD hard drives "My Passport". I am unsure if they are SSDs, so let this question be general if possible. on "Disc 1" I deleted (right-click and delete - not ...
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I would like to give away an old OpenWrt router. I have done the following. firstboot -y && reboot /dev/ubi0_1 is mounted as /overlay, only erasing files Connection to 192.168.55.12 closed by ...
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I have a desktop from ~2009 and a laptop from 2014 (Samsung NP700Z7C) that I'd like to give away so people can reuse parts if they wish to. However, I don't want to take any risks regarding personal ...
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I'm doing some research into email servers and how they work. There is a function in Outlook 365 where an admin can perform several traces on emails for the past 90 days. For example, an 'enhanced ...
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I need to wipe SD card so that information from it is not recoverable. If I perform full format in Windows by unchecking the "Quick Format" check box and format SD card that way is the ...
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In a scenario where a person wants to give away their device (magnetic disk included), leaving the disk usable for the receiver, how might that person go about destroying ALL data (except firmware) on ...
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I have a rooted phone I'm willing to sell, but I had Personally Identifiable Information (PII) on it and I am questioning whether filling the internal storage with null bytes using dd would be ...
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I used a virtual machine (Windows host/Linux mint guest) to store some very sensitive and private data (it shouldn't be uncovered by state-level actors). Today I decided to check how much deleted ...
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Premise Signal is armed with measures to instil a sense of privacy in users by preventing undisclosed screenshotting and screencasting message threads, and by enabling the sender to set their text, ...
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I'm just wondering from a security stand point if a deleted file on an SSD with trim enabled can be recovered? I've did some research and it would seem it is impossible unless for some reason trim ...
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I read "Data Remanence in Semiconductor Devices" by Peter Gutmann, in which it is stated that it is possible to reconstruct the content of an erased SRAM based on changes of properties of ...
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I have a 4TB mechanical hard drive that was encrypted before I ever wrote any file on it. I used a 25 character password with symbols. Before I sold it, I unmounted the disk while it was still ...
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