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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Github - bugfishtm/bugfish-nuke: A Windows tool for emergency privacy: instantly deletes sensitive data and active logins to protect my information during unexpected searches or house warrants. (github.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Tablaste@linux.community to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

You don't need to do any of this.

If your drive is not encrypted, then this won't save you. It takes time to overwrite files and if your computer were the target of any adversary, they would simply unplug it immediately and then image it.

If your drive is encrypted, then you can just overwrite the headers that contain the key slots. This would take hundredths of a second.