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I bought a second-hand laptop from a stranger. My (totally unjustified) concern is that there might be malware on the device.
According to this answer, there is no easy fix if it’s malicious firmware. I don’t know how easy it is to implant… Continue reading Using ATA Secure Erase after buying a second-hand laptop : is this enough?
I have a compliance question around crypto shredding and CCPA. I’m basically just wondering if crypto shredding is sufficient to comply with the CCPA customer deletion requests.
I know that crypto shredding has it’s own downsides (quantum… Continue reading Does crypto shredding count as deletion in regards to CCPA?
How can I determine the exact start byte and exact end byte of a LUKS header on a block storage device?
I use Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) for Full Disk Encryption (FDE), so all of the data on my drive is encrypted using a strong master… Continue reading How to determine start and end bytes of LUKS header?
I was wondering, how is crypto-shredding implemented in an environment, where data backups/mirroring is mandatory for the “key database” – as it must not be possible to lose the machine/db with all the keys and shred everything by accident… Continue reading Crypto-shredding & backups of keys
Normally when you wipe a drive there are still ghost remains of the data even after overwriting the disk multiple times. So I was wondering if you could encrypt the drive and then overwrite the encrypted data, would it be pos… Continue reading Is corrupting the ciphertext corruption a good erasure?