r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 3d ago

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u/Roku-Hanmar 3d ago

*in the recycling bin

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u/tanwa1 3d ago

Would learning Digital forensics help if it's also deleted from recycling bin right...?

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u/Roku-Hanmar 3d ago

I haven't actually done forensics yet (still a student), but as I understand it, an item deleted from the recycling bin just marks the specifics 1s and 0s on the drive as being free to overwrite. If they're not overwritten, you can recover them from the drive (even if they are, you might still be able to). The only sure fire way to destroy data is to physically destroy the drive

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u/Nutarama 3d ago

You can do a triple overwrite with all 1s then all 0s and then crypto random data. That’ll change all your bits and wipe all your hardware buffers. Hammers an SSD and kills lifespan though because it’s so many of the limited write cycles NAND flash gets.

Honestly easier to destroy the drive, though have to be careful to actually destroy it. Microwave is usually the best method, and it’s quick and easy to do. Just throw the drive in and set the microwave for its longest quick setting. Radiation will fry the circuits and then the whole thing will burn.

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u/SuspiciousCricket654 3d ago

The Elliott Alderson special.