Re: How to REALLY delete data

From: Rick Jones (rick.jones2_at_hp.com)
Date: 10/26/05

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    Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:52:05 GMT

    >> Ditto. While they did happen to have the good sense to buy HP
    >> equipment :) That they would even begin to consider selling the discs
    >> with customer equipment on them is Bad News (tm).

    > You mean data, surely?

    Yes. Sometimes my hands type ahead of my brain :)

    >> And _they_ should be the ones wiping the discs, not you. As
    >> trustworthy as you likely are, they should not be trusting anyone
    >> outside of their organization with the procedure. Unless you happen
    >> to be a bonafide data security contractor or something.

    > Hey, it could be that the data isn't _their_ customer data. It could be
    > their old public-'net proxy, for example. I still wouldn't sell those
    > disks unwiped myself...

    If they have a system with sensitive data on it, they should be the
    ones wiping it.

    Now, if you are assuming they will have sensitive data on it, but do
    not _know_ the discs will have sensitive data, that might be a
    different story.

    > I don't use credit cards anyway.

    More power to you :)

    rick jones 

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