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by jszymborski 948 days ago
I always deploy the DBAN when I get my hands on a new laptop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darik's_Boot_and_Nuke
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Sanzig 948 days ago
Somewhat off-topic, but fun fact about Darik of DBAN fame - he landed himself in hot water a few years ago when it was revealed he was a founding member of a white nationalist Canadian political party [1]. The party was later dissolved due to inactivity when its leader went to prison for antisemitic hate crimes [2]

[1] https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/he-says-he-works-securit...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Nationalist_Party

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jszymborski 948 days ago
I had no idea.

As a fan of DBAN and as a Canadian, I am doubly disappointed.

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WD40ForRust2 947 days ago
>fun fact about Darik of DBAN fame - he landed himself in hot water a few years ago when it was revealed he was a founding member of a white nationalist Canadian political party [1].

Based! I appreciate his hard disk nuker even more now! :^)

Also, bringing that point up is as fallacious as an ad hominem in debate and is blatantly political. You are the establishment. Darik is not. I am not.

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isoprophlex 948 days ago
> DBAN can be configured to automatically wipe every hard disk that it sees on a system or entire network of systems, making it very useful for unattended data destruction scenarios.

Bored, belligerent 14 year old me would have loved to get his hands on this...

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jtriangle 948 days ago
Bored 14 year old me basically had this, it was pretty booring. Destroying data mechanically with a sledge hammer was much more fun.
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