Is It Safe Just to Remove Data?

Posted on Feb 27 in Tech Stuffby ApplePrint

With the rising of advance technology, we are able to do many things in a more convenient way. It has become “too convenient” that almost everyone can take photos or videos with a device (cellphone, camera, etc) in hand. And the misuse of such technology cause severe cyber crime to emerge.

We should learn from what has happened recently to victims like Edison (as if considering him a victim?) and such. Leaking of information, especially those that are private and confidential, is something we must prevent. If you store things digitally, you have to be extra cautious.

Left aside the theory of Edison being the suspect himself behind the crime, even if he had removed all the photos before sending his laptop for repair, it is still NOT SAFE. The removed data can still easily be retrieved by some undelete utilities….

How to protect ourselves? I mean totally remove digital data from your computer? There’s something you can always do about it. Read on…

Imagine we have some critical data that we want to dispose yet we don’t want our data to be in the hands of others. What should we do? Simply press the delete button does not complete remove the data. Here is where Eraser will be very useful.

It can remove files that still residing in the hard drive even though the location has been removed from the index. To find out more about Eraser, please visit here.

Please read carefully on the instruction of how to use the software and use at your own risk. (in case you do the wrong thing and accidentally remove something that you don’t wish to remove)

Update: Additional reading on How to Completely Erase a Hard Drivce [via PC World video]

5 Comments

• SilverIsle says:

  February 27, 2008 at 6:46 pm

  Thanks for sharing! Although I have nothing too private like those victims, but still, it’s better to clean it completely. =)

  And by the way, do you have similar software or any methods to clear data completely like this in mobile phone?

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• Apple says:

  February 27, 2008 at 9:03 pm

  Hi SilverIsle, how’s life? You’re welcome.

  To completely clear your cell phone data, you can check out the cell phone data eraser which is free. I never try it before, so please also use it at your own risk. Read instructions and so forth.

  Hope that helps.

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• LeeChien says:

  February 28, 2008 at 1:13 am

  wah, thanks for sharing about this topic.. and the cell phone data eraser too.. i never try or use before as well but i think it gonna be useful for me one day if i wanna completely remove all my files..

  p/s: if edison is the one behind the sex scandal, then he’s not the victim.. but one of the criminals as well..

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• jimmychin says:

  February 28, 2008 at 12:40 pm

  i wan remove my hp memory stick data… so can sell to ppl…wakakkaa..
  dun soi soi my naked pic masuk internet..
  jimmy famous later dunno how

  Reply
• A Suspicious Man says:

  February 28, 2008 at 8:08 pm

  Technology and IT is a very dangerous thing, just think about the Terminator !! Not forgetting hackers and the online stalkers.

  Cheers!

  Reply

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