Computer security questions

[mvmaxx]

there is real no way of cleaning your drives

Sorry but this is an incorrect statement.
The software programs quoted will permanently delete selected data. It has been proven in a case with EE.

 

[mvmaxx]

PGP has a drive wipe utility, it's free.

another good tool

 

[THE BOUNCER]

Another good one is shred-2. You can download it from http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s=1478&a=17578,00.asp

 

[Swoleyoley]

Sorry but this is an incorrect statement.
The software programs quoted will permanently delete selected data. It has been proven in a case with EE.

if they want it, they will get it...end of storey.

 

[Brax]

hey easy now! i am on ME and love it, had it almost a year and a half, overclocked also p-3 700 @ 933, never crashes on me, rock solid! guess i am lucky? later juice headz

 

[Raffaz]

I think there is a utility on the norton systemworks disk that does it, but i cant remember what its called.

 

[Code]

This is not entirely true.
We're not talking about rocket science.

Please remember, a hard drive is magnetic media, north:south, or yes:no. It's easy to re-arrange these two variables sufficiently to remove the previously arranged state of the disk. This new arrangement renders the old state oblivious to the new state.

Low level recovery is possible.
There are some minor caveats here though. Magnetic media has a current state but there are often signs of a previous state. But the present rate of recovery is abysmal, roughly 25% recovery.

Government agencies and some disk recovery companies fill in the blanks using tempest data, guess work and plan old templates.

Also keep in mind, that restored data is not admissable in federal court. The restorative rates are too low to be considered valid.

 

[Little Rage]

For the worst case scenario

fire is always fun...

no way the fuckers could track the info back on ur computer

 

[Code]

Whoa whoa whoa there sk*, back the train up a bit.

There is no such thing as secure e-mail?? Are you serious?

Please see my thread ...

If by your statement there is no provably secure form of encryption you are correct...doing so is not possible.

 

[oneandthesame]

You could get a program called Scramdisk which is free and it will encrypt whatever you want it to. For instance you can create a container of say 300 megs and then put your browser (preferebly netscape an older version if you can) in it and any other programs you want and it will transparantly encrypt decrypt on the fly Note: just make sure your passphrase is very complex as it will be the key to the encryptions strength also you may use with this a proxy server when sending out private info to protect your IP address