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EvanAnderson 3 hours ago

I hit every thrift store storage device with photorec. I also use it on storage devices I'm getting rid of, just to be sure.

dspillett 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> storage devices I'm getting rid of

When discarding storage, I do a random pass (even if the drive has always been part of an encrypted-at-rest arrangement, if only for the sake of habit), then a zero sweep, then it gets a filesystem created and filled with many copies of a few cat photos/videos¹² to give anyone running something like photorec a treat, then the partition table is emptied.

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[1] With filenames to suggest a bumper collection of photo/video backups from several people's phones/cameras, with some porn accidentally mixed in.

[2] If I'm in an evil mood the “treat” filesystem is filled with shock images and Rick Astley instead.