Re:How secure is merely TRIMing all of a SSD's blocks?
by LinuxBender on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @10:40AM
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Must we always jump straight to the hydraulic press?
Not always. I suppose it depends on your information security case. If your goal is to secure your laptop from the average thief that is heading to the pawn shop, maybe "secure erase" of encrypted drives may be sufficient.
If on the other hand one is protecting intellectual property, customer data and so on, then perhaps that average thief was hired by someone with significant resources. I would wager that a percentage of the people reading this comment are using a work laptop and have some IP on their drive that in the wrong hands could cost billions.
Not always. I suppose it depends on your information security case. If your goal is to secure your laptop from the average thief that is heading to the pawn shop, maybe "secure erase" of encrypted drives may be sufficient.
If on the other hand one is protecting intellectual property, customer data and so on, then perhaps that average thief was hired by someone with significant resources. I would wager that a percentage of the people reading this comment are using a work laptop and have some IP on their drive that in the wrong hands could cost billions.