How would you delete your data on a USB 2.0 stick
with rm
thermite
>>100147275microwave
>>100147275Back in the field, we'd use 2 bomb with an individual yield of half a ton to dispose of classified supports. (or maybe it was just the total mass of the individual bomb. I'm an IT, not weapon techie)
>>100147275Keep it encrypted from the start so when you do finally wipe it the data that remains will be scrambled to the point of being irrecoverable even with the key. (Which you might be able to assume your adversary, such as a opportunist thief probably dosen't have)
>>100147275
>>100147275Hammer
>>100147275cat /dev/urandom > /dev/sdwhatever[\code]>>100147350Is a good choice.
cat /dev/urandom > /dev/sdwhatever[\code]>>100147350Is a good choice.
>>100147275trashcan
>>100147396Dammit wrong slash
>>100147275turn it into a bomb that destroys a laptop thast tries to use it
>>100147275>put it up your ass>go to police station>take a shit>flush itIt's the last place they'll look.
>>100147275I wouldn't. You can buy another 128GB USB 3.1 stick for less than 10€.
>>100147275cat /dev/urandom >> /dev/sdxNReplace x with a, b, or whatever letter your USB drive is. To see what filesystems are mounted use.mount -aThis will overwrite the drive with garbage data. Be sure that you know what you're doing.
cat /dev/urandom >> /dev/sdxN
mount -a
>>100147275Since the flash media can't be trusted, the answer is to never have anything on it in the first place, as in always use fulldisk-encryption. The data will be meaningless without the key. This also tremendously speeds up formatting times since no full pre-writes are necessary.
>>100147527I'll do you one better; mail it. The postal service will make sure no sentient being ever comes in contact with it again in this universe.
>>100147396Thanks to wearleveling systems it's not guaranteed that the flash cells will be overwritten completely, some undetermined amount of data can remain
>>100148587>>100147350veracrypt?
>>100147275Keep overwriting it with random data until it dies, then buy another.
>>100149067See >>100148629>>100148738Sure, it should have the ability to use usb devices as fulldisk encrypted containers, or atleast use an encrypted file as the container.
>>100149086what encryption software would you recommend?
>>100149133Any that uses the tried and true algorithms and doesen't try to solo things. Personally I use dm-crypt but that may not be available or convenient for you
>>100148629damn, never thought about that with flash devices. so encryption from the get go is the way to go for sure then
>>100147527Tech dweebs are shoving more things up their asses these days. It's the first place the cops will check.
>>100147638wtf, I always used dd, never thought of using cat to do that fuckin hell dd is so slow even if you get the batch size right
>>100149561Whether a tech dweeb shoves things up their ass correlates to the colour and pattern on their socks.
>>100147368he doesnt know
>>100149648Any worthwhile formatting program has options to set the drive to zeros.
>>100149661didnt know explorer was a worthwhile formatting program
>>100147275drill through the flash chips and throw away.
>>100147275without search warrant>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdbwith search warrant>microwave and a boot
>>100147275Get a spare 12V HDD desktop power supply, cut the DC barrel off, remove a bit of insulation on each of the two wires, then plug the power supply in and use the wires to run 12VDC/1.5-2A through the NAND chips to fry them thoroughly.
If you're worried about this shit just physically destroy it.
>>100150114Unlike what /g/ believes, you shouldn't really include any three-letter organisations in your threat model, you will not win that battle if you have no reason to fight it. That being said there is still reasons to protect your data.
I would drop it in the volcano of mordor.
>>100150114What movie is this from?
>>100147275>intensojust leave it around somewhere, it'll delete itself over time
>>100147275Hot hydrofloric acid.>>100147307Not hot enough>>100147310completely retarded>>100147350Good as long as you can remember the key.>>100147396Very efficient, should be ready to eject a few months from now.>>100147413Not hot enough(>>100147527 )>>100148609lol.>>100149483>>100149932Maybe if you hit the chip directly. I'm not sure I'd trust it.>>100151211I like them knowing I and many others like me want to kill them. I think they tend to overreact because of that knowledge helping us win the metapolitical battle.
>>100151987I'm pretty sure it's The Core
>>100152050>Maybe if you hit the chip directly. I'm not sure I'd trust it.12V on 3.3V/5V circuitry? Guaranteed destruction. You know nothing about circuits, don't you?
>>100152029Happen to all flash drives.
>>100147275Eat it
>>100152320The flash array is pretty big. You'll probably nuke the power supply, maybe some other support stuff and maybe even a few flash cells. You're almost certainly not going to completely erase it.
