# speeds things up a bit rather than doing it a byte at a time. # this isn't terribly efficient for large files, but stops us from getting too abusive with the writes and # sub to wipe a single file - overwrites from Random once it too will get secure erased when we're done # switch for live or dry-run, in case you're either testing or don't trust it to behave # This program is less complex than the SRF it replaces. # acceptably well, instead of just becoming 100% broken.
# people with a grudge and deep pockets, but otherwise will continue to work
#Secureremove mac software#
# expensive forensics software or hardware) you will get all zeros anyway. # what its state is, so if you try to read the True Cell (again with anything except # cell, and when it does that, it will mark the True Cell as zero'd regardless of # it's an SSD or other flash-based media, the wear leveler will likely move the # secure it from all but the best forensics software and hardware forensics. # If it's a spinner, at least it's either zero'd or randomized once, and that will
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Do a 1-pass erase on the file, then remove it. # won't actually end up getting overwritten. # software will probably just move the block on you when you try this so the data # before freeing them you do wear them out a bit faster, and B. # and that's what's causing the issue here.
# Now most flash memory (including SSDs and SD cards) will implement "wear leveling", # when you need to secure-remove a file on say, an external spinning drive. # That's a fair (if not rather PUSHY) response, but doesn't address what happens # matter if files aren't securely erased since if you don't have the key you can't # everyone should also be using filevault2, so just turn that on, since it doesn't
# Apple's official response to this outcry is that everyone is using SSDs and That's right, they fixed it by removing it. # now an SSD, and since SRF wasn't written with SSDs in mind and won't work on them, # Apple foresaw a problem with SRF (Secure Remove) - since everyone's boot drive is (and things like 7x overwrite start to raise concerns about cell write count durability), but I need it for this SD card, and I'm sure others need it for their external storage in general, so here we go. Now I realize that overwriting a file on a wear-leveled storage isn't going to be AS effective, but it certainly raises the bar for recovery. This answer is totally irrelevant where external storage of any kind is concerned. (translation: SSDs broke it and we don't feel like fixing it, so we're fixing the feature by removing the feature") (lots of "where did it go? I could have sworn it was here, and here, and here.?) It turns out they didn't just get rid of the GUI access, they got rid of the whole command line tool too: srf - aka Secure RM.ĭigging a bit I found that Apple had decided to remove the feature since they thought everyone ought to be using filevault and SRM was no longer necessary.
#Secureremove mac upgrade#
I was asked to securely remove some images off an SD card following a shoot, and I was quite shocked to find that my recent upgrade to Sierra had removed the option to securely empty the trash. Well the comments at the top of the script basically describe the issue but I'll repeat it here anyway.
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