Re: GNU/Linux is Best for Secure File Deletion

On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 22:41:29 +0000, Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> wrote in
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Are we paranoid?
 
The smart people always say that we cannot be paranoid enough.
 
But don't worry.  GNU/Linux has the absolute best file deletion
utilities:
 
https://github.com/gordrs/thc-secure-delete
 
You probably won't find this on any distro.  You've got to build it
yourself.
 
If using an ext3 filesystem with "data=ordered" journal then any file
can be totally nuked with:
 
srm -v file
 
For the extra paranoid, just mount as ext2 for no journal.
 
To delete all traces of previously insecurely deleted files just do:
 
sfill -v directory/mountpoint
 
 
With GNU/Linux there is never a worry.
 
With Microslop you won't get much sleep.
 
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
 
GNU/Linux empowers the technical elite.
 
Microslop allows the brain-dead to digitally finger paint.

SHRED(1)                 User Commands                 SHRED(1)

NAME
       shred  -  overwrite a file to hide its contents, and op‐
       tionally delete it

SYNOPSIS
       shred [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       Overwrite the specified FILE(s) repeatedly, in order  to
       make  it harder for even very expensive hardware probing
       to recover the data.




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