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Simple overwriting will do just fine.
"Alias" wrote in message
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> On 06/18/2010 12:45 PM, Jose wrote:
>> On Jun 17, 11:24 pm, "shank" wrote:
>>> Is there a way to delete files and/or select emails without being
>>> recovered
>>> by forensics?
>>>
>>> Assuming yes, is there a way to prevent forensics from detecting if you
>>> performed a delete action?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>
>> You must remember that no matter what tool you choose to use, the
>> forensic recovery person has that tool too (and better ones).
>>
>> If I see some "completely remove" tool like Eraser come along, I am
>> going to get it too and use Eraser on my system and then I am going to
>> figure out how to recover at least some information from a system that
>> has been Erased. I will know what an Erased system looks like and
>> what to do.
>>
>> If I suspect you have used Eraser to delete your files, I am going to
>> already know how it works, what it does, what it doesn't do, what it
>> leaves behind and where it leaves it.
>>
>> I am always going to try to be one step (or maybe leaps and bounds)
>> ahead of any free Internet tool.
>>
>> If you are worried at all about your stuff, then you need to turn the
>> tables in such a way that you are a step ahead. You would have to
>> know what I have available (software and/or humans) and do something
>> that exceeds the capabilities of my resources and remove your data in
>> such a way that the resources I have will not be able to recover it or
>> the methods to recover it have not been invented yet.
>>
>> Trouble is, you will never know the resources I have, but I probably
>> already know the resources you have and what they look like and have
>> already practiced recovering (at least something) from them many,
>> many times before you even heard of them.
>
> If I run a Mack truck over the hard drive, you won't be able to recover
> anything. If I take a powerful magnet to it, you'll be SOL too. And if I
> pour hydrochloric acid on the drive, you're also SOL. There are many other
> permanent ways to delete everything on a hard drive.
>
> --
> Alias
"Alias" wrote in message
news:hvqe96$7s6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 06/18/2010 12:45 PM, Jose wrote:
>> On Jun 17, 11:24 pm, "shank" wrote:
>>> Is there a way to delete files and/or select emails without being
>>> recovered
>>> by forensics?
>>>
>>> Assuming yes, is there a way to prevent forensics from detecting if you
>>> performed a delete action?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>
>> You must remember that no matter what tool you choose to use, the
>> forensic recovery person has that tool too (and better ones).
>>
>> If I see some "completely remove" tool like Eraser come along, I am
>> going to get it too and use Eraser on my system and then I am going to
>> figure out how to recover at least some information from a system that
>> has been Erased. I will know what an Erased system looks like and
>> what to do.
>>
>> If I suspect you have used Eraser to delete your files, I am going to
>> already know how it works, what it does, what it doesn't do, what it
>> leaves behind and where it leaves it.
>>
>> I am always going to try to be one step (or maybe leaps and bounds)
>> ahead of any free Internet tool.
>>
>> If you are worried at all about your stuff, then you need to turn the
>> tables in such a way that you are a step ahead. You would have to
>> know what I have available (software and/or humans) and do something
>> that exceeds the capabilities of my resources and remove your data in
>> such a way that the resources I have will not be able to recover it or
>> the methods to recover it have not been invented yet.
>>
>> Trouble is, you will never know the resources I have, but I probably
>> already know the resources you have and what they look like and have
>> already practiced recovering (at least something) from them many,
>> many times before you even heard of them.
>
> If I run a Mack truck over the hard drive, you won't be able to recover
> anything. If I take a powerful magnet to it, you'll be SOL too. And if I
> pour hydrochloric acid on the drive, you're also SOL. There are many other
> permanent ways to delete everything on a hard drive.
>
> --
> Alias
