On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 4:22 PM Frank Steinmetzger <war...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Am Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 11:49:24PM -0500 schrieb Dale: > > > Anyway, when I do that and use the new passwords successfully, I make a > > backup copy and on my rig, I can encrypt it with a right click. I then > > shred the original. > > Just on a sidenote, once you’re on an SSD, shredding has no use and is > actually detrimental. >
I'm not sure I'd go quite that far, but it certainly isn't as effective. No way to be certain how well it works, but it is certainly worth doing an ATA Secure Erase command on the drive. A good SSD should implement that in a way that ensures all the data is actually unretrievable (probably by implementing full disk encryption and erasing the key). Of course, there is no way to tell if the drive was implemented well. Full-disk encryption at the OS level is of course the best way to protect against recovery of data on a discarded disk. -- Rich
