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# disk_wiper
a disk wiper since shred is "lentoinculo" on some machines,
the old machine has achieved ~100MB/s instead of shred's ~10MB/s
a disk wiper since shred is "lentoinculo" on some machines
this should be somewhat less secure than shred's randomness, but at least the random seed is changed every pass of random wiping.
with this the old machine has achieved ~100MB/s instead of shred's ~10MB/s
this should not in any way give you peace of mind regarding the complete wipe of your disks,
this should be somewhat less secure than shred's better randomness, but at least the random seed is changed at every pass of random wiping, which for my use case is acceptable.
this should not give you peace of mind regarding the complete wipe of your disks,
this is more a "decommissioning" tool for old disks that could be reused in other scenarios and need to be wiped.
if you are after complete certainty of data removal from your drives then it's better to get going with the power drill, grinder and the very big hammer, for more info on how the GCHQ would achieve that: https://media.ccc.de/v/camp2015-6799-how_to_destroy_a_laptop_with_top_secrets