@mjk when I worked at a storage company we had a special...

@mjk when I worked at a storage company we had a special kind of disk-erase that was only supposed to he used in special circumstances, because it could cause physical damage to the drive if used wrong.

The flag was --my-resume-is-up-to-date

Like 6 September at 20:00 | Wall-to-wall | Open on digipres.club

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4censord :neocat_flag_pan:

@foone @mjk hdparm has some good ones like that

6 September at 21:05 | Open on unfug.social

Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@4censord @mjk I think our tool was actually a forked version of hdparm with some added functionality to deal with our Special Drives

6 September at 22:05 | Open on digipres.club

Eloy

@4censord @foone @mjk oh yes, I once attended a CCC talk and the guy giving a live demo entered such a flag ON THE WRONG DISK 😂

7 September at 9:44 | Open on hsnl.social

4censord :neocat_flag_pan:

@eloy @foone @mjk ohno. Do you remember what talk, and maybe know if its on media.ccc?

7 September at 9:53 | Open on unfug.social

Eloy

@4censord @foone @mjk this one iirc, haven't checked if the demo is recorded https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9671-self-encrypting_deception

7 September at 10:13 | Open on hsnl.social

4censord :neocat_flag_pan:

@eloy @foone @mjk nice, ty! It seems like some demo starts at 30min, but havent watched it yet.

7 September at 10:43 | Open on unfug.social

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