That’s one of the reasons why I encrypt pretty much all my disks, even those in stationary computers. It protects data from physical theft, but also gives peace of mind when reselling or even when a disk dies in a way that won’t let you overwrite it with zeroes/random data after the fact.
I just can’t really resell a disk I’ve drilled through (at the very least it’d lose most of its remaining value). And while I can try to post a sign in front of my door stating that I’d like to physically destroy my disks before they get stolen, I doubt most thieves would respect that.
That’s one of the reasons why I encrypt pretty much all my disks, even those in stationary computers. It protects data from physical theft, but also gives peace of mind when reselling or even when a disk dies in a way that won’t let you overwrite it with zeroes/random data after the fact.
When I dispose of my hard drives, I encrypt whatever data is on it with a drill. I’ve also used an AR-15, a .45 1911, an axe, and a screwdriver.
It turns out you reasonably prevent unintentional data leaks with almost anything and a can-do attitude.
Sure, I could encrypt the data using software. But hear me out: bzzz, bang bang, whomp, clink clink clink.
I just can’t really resell a disk I’ve drilled through (at the very least it’d lose most of its remaining value). And while I can try to post a sign in front of my door stating that I’d like to physically destroy my disks before they get stolen, I doubt most thieves would respect that.
You should consider having more polite thieves. You wouldn’t be friends with an asshole, right? So why are you letting yourself get robbed by one?
SMHing my head
Not a bad idea. Encryption overhead is practically zero on most recent hardware.
I want to do that but I have such shitty memory that I will forget the passphrase at some point. It happened to me at least twice…