Re: Best GPG practices before sending computer to maintenance.
On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Johannes Schauer wrote:
> If you are just worried about GPG, then removing .gnupg should be all you need
> to do.
Deleting files does not remove the data from the block device, it only
removes metadata.
Even overwriting the block device does not necessarily remove them from an SSD:
https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/fast11/tech/full_papers/Wei.pdf
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/erasing-ssds-security-is-an-issue/
I strongly suggest removing the SSD before sending the device.
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bye,
pabs
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