Comments on: Confidential Company and Institutional Data Found on Used Hard Disks (News Release) http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/confidential-company-and-institutional-data-found-on-used-hard-disks-news-release Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:39:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: John http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/confidential-company-and-institutional-data-found-on-used-hard-disks-news-release#comment-1948 John Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:00:28 +0000 /?p=687#comment-1948 There are plenty of very secure disk wiping utilities available online, some are free. There is NO EXCUSE for anyone to complain about sensitive information being left on a storage device for exploitation. Unless stupidity has prevailed... But that could never happen, could it? I returned two failed hard disks to Western Digital for exchange over the last two or so years. Both of these disks were wiped clean using Eraser (which was free at the time). I think no one got any data off of my disks after they were overwritten eight times with pseudorandom data. At least I tried not to let anyone see all of my porn...hee, hee... There are plenty of very secure disk wiping utilities available online, some are free. There is NO EXCUSE for anyone to complain about sensitive information being left on a storage device for exploitation. Unless stupidity has prevailed… But that could never happen, could it?

I returned two failed hard disks to Western Digital for exchange over the last two or so years. Both of these disks were wiped clean using Eraser (which was free at the time). I think no one got any data off of my disks after they were overwritten eight times with pseudorandom data.

At least I tried not to let anyone see all of my porn…hee, hee…

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