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minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoshred is what you should be using if you really want to destroy a file, but I’m actually not sure that works well on all filesystems. I’m pretty sure FAT32 and NTFS leave behind partial file artifacts when you edit/append data, and especially when you physically move it around. It just seems inevitable you’ll leave behind deleted blocks with data, which only a fulle drive wipe would guarantee removal.
shredis what you should be using if you really want to destroy a file, but I’m actually not sure that works well on all filesystems.I’m pretty sure FAT32 and NTFS leave behind partial file artifacts when you edit/append data, and especially when you physically move it around.
It just seems inevitable you’ll leave behind deleted blocks with data, which only a fulle drive wipe would guarantee removal.