My quest for a secure file deletion app started by accident. But it resulted in my finding a solid solution with Wipe. My approach to making sure nobody harvests sensitive data from my cast-away aging equipment is to never give it away. Instead, I yank the hard drive from the computer’s innards and literally drill it full of holes. Then I smash it flat with my trusted sledge hammer. Hey, that method works well for me. By the time my home office of more than a half-dozen desktops, laptops, netbooks and tablets are ready for blunt force trauma, they no longer have much usable life left.
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Once It's Motivated, Wipe Really Takes Out the Garbage
Posted by: Jack M. Germain September 14, 2011 05:00 AMMy quest for a secure file deletion app started by accident. But it resulted in my finding a solid solution with Wipe. My approach to making sure nobody harvests sensitive data from my cast-away aging equipment is to never give it away. Instead, I yank the hard drive from the computer’s innards and literally drill it full of holes. Then I smash it flat with my trusted sledge hammer. Hey, that method works well for me. By the time my home office of more than a half-dozen desktops, laptops, netbooks and tablets are ready for blunt force trauma, they no longer have much usable life left.