Tablaste@linux.community to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoGithub - bugfishtm/bugfish-nuke: A Windows tool for emergency privacy: instantly deletes sensitive data and active logins to protect my information during unexpected searches or house warrants.github.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down12cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ca
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkGithub - bugfishtm/bugfish-nuke: A Windows tool for emergency privacy: instantly deletes sensitive data and active logins to protect my information during unexpected searches or house warrants.github.comTablaste@linux.community to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ca
minus-squareliliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoThat was my first thought, why is this not written in a scripting language. Any one.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 hours agoI mean probably because the scripting languages typically don’t provide the lower level utilities necessary to securely wipe files? You’re not deleting files in a typical sense. You also need to scrub over those files so they cannot be put back together forensically.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours ago You also need to scrub over those files so they cannot be put back together forensically. Look at the code, though; it doesn’t do any of that. You can kick off a trim in powershell and erase all the whitespace. https://blog.thomasdamgaard.dk/posts/2022/03/06/trim-filesystem-from-powershell/ You can also do secure delete on files from powershell and HDD free space wipes. https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/how_to_securely_delete_files_in_windows_10.html
That was my first thought, why is this not written in a scripting language. Any one.
I mean probably because the scripting languages typically don’t provide the lower level utilities necessary to securely wipe files?
You’re not deleting files in a typical sense. You also need to scrub over those files so they cannot be put back together forensically.
Look at the code, though; it doesn’t do any of that.
You can kick off a trim in powershell and erase all the whitespace. https://blog.thomasdamgaard.dk/posts/2022/03/06/trim-filesystem-from-powershell/
You can also do secure delete on files from powershell and HDD free space wipes. https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/how_to_securely_delete_files_in_windows_10.html