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Wipe out data completely in Unix/Linux #36

Open Pi-31415 opened 2 years ago

Pi-31415 commented 2 years ago

Don't use rm. You can easily recover the data using specialized software.

Use shred command (https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/securely-erasing-a-disk-and-file-using-linux-command-shred/)

Pi-31415 commented 2 years ago

Very useful before selling your computer.