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Re:DigitalOcean not destroying droplets securely, data is co... by userbinator on Monday March 31, 2014 @12:56AM (#7499724)
Wouldn't an encrypted volume be essentially random data to anyone who doesn't have the key? So all you'd need to do is scrub any traces of the key itself.
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Re:DigitalOcean not destroying droplets securely, data is co... by ceejayoz on Monday March 31, 2014 @01:09AM (#7499757)
Sure, but if't it's sensitive data, the extra couple minutes is probably worthwhile.
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