Confidential Data Not Safe On Solid State Disks 376
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timothy
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from the tim-wants-targets-you-want-privacy-win-win dept.
An anonymous reader writes "I always thought that the SSD was a questionable place to store private data. These researchers at UCSD's Non-Volatile Systems Laboratory have torn apart SSDs and have found remnant data even after running several open source and commerical secure erase tools. They've also proposed some changes to SSDs that would make them more secure. Makes you think twice about storing data on SSDs — once you put it on, getting it off isn't so easy."
Nuke it from orbit (Score:2, Funny)
My secure erase method still works! (Score:4, Funny)
1 electric drill, 1 work bench, and some bored interns.
Blend it... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How about (Score:5, Funny)
STOP USING LOGIC ON /.
Re:Nuke it from orbit (Score:4, Funny)
Or in a microwave. That seems to destroy the gates on the chip. 10 seconds on High should be enough. Just be sure to only place the PCB and not the entire drive as they can contain lots metal.
I think I'm safe (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My secure erase method still works! (Score:4, Funny)
And here I thought you were going to bore holes in the SSDs. Boring holes in the interns is just cruel.
Re:wipes are vendor specific (Score:4, Funny)
If people were never surprised by predictable things the entire news industry would take a nosedive and be reduced to a shadow of its current self. It'd fuck up the economy!
Re:I think I'm safe (Score:1, Funny)
you mean reading the entrails? (Score:4, Funny)
You couldn't possibly seriously mean we should start reading the entrails? That is soo medieval.
Re:I think I'm safe (Score:5, Funny)
I challenge anyone to find my MicroSD card. I've conducted extensive security audits to verify that no attacker, even one with inside information, can gain electronic or physical access to the disc.
Translation: "I lost the tiny little bastard and can't fucking find it!"
Re:Nuke it from orbit (Score:5, Funny)