[geeks] jackassery from the BBC

[John Francini]

that link went to someplace in Vietnam that had nothing to do with  
Darik's Boot and Nuke...

the correct site is <http://www.dban.org/>.

john

On 8 Jan 2009, at 11:44, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> On Jan 8, 2009, at 3:19 AM, "kevin r. marshall" <kevin at pipeline.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7816446.stm
>>
>> BBC advocates complete physical destruction of hard drives for data  
>> saftey.
>>
>> Persoannly, until i see data thevies shelling out for scanning  
>> electron microscopy, i'm not terribly concerned.
>>
>> Maybe we could start a cottage industry with this... go door to  
>> door, charge $50 a pop and your only startup costs are an A2  
>> Philips driver and baby sledge.
>
> I always view these stories being more about how most folks don't  
> exercise even minimal data security than about how easy it is to  
> retrive info from discarded HDs...
>
> An IT version of "look how easy it is to get into someone's house if  
> they don't lock all the doors and windows."
>
> Here at $work we use Darik's Boot And Nuke (http://www.dban.com/)  
> and we are comfortable with the results vs. effort involved.
>
> Lionel
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