Bit by bit, but after so many magnetization polarity shifts you have a hard time telling what the original state was. I want to say DOD only needs seven or so passes to qualify as securely erased.
I've used those supposed DOD secure erase programs before, and every single one of them comes with a disclaimer that the NSA will get your shit if they are determined enough. I don't even understand how, but it's obviously do-able, otherwise they would not state that.
You mean like, whiping it with bleach on a cloth?
Fact Checker: "Hillary Clinton Did Not Poor Acid on Her Hard Drives!!!"
Me: "After performing 40+ random write passes on the drives and smashing them with hammers I am not sure acid was required"
funnily enough, thats not enough. Forensic science and an electron microscope could still put that drive back together and read it..
Bit by bit, but after so many magnetization polarity shifts you have a hard time telling what the original state was. I want to say DOD only needs seven or so passes to qualify as securely erased.
I've used those supposed DOD secure erase programs before, and every single one of them comes with a disclaimer that the NSA will get your shit if they are determined enough. I don't even understand how, but it's obviously do-able, otherwise they would not state that.
Yeah but DOD also incinerates their hardware into a fine dust after.