Lenovo Helping the Bad Guys
Author: Dave Lewis
Part of what I do for a living is forensic investigations. That means recovering data from hard drives in part. Now Lenovo is offering a one button approach to smoking a hard drive. This is meant to allow for quicker formatting of corporate systems prior to lease rollover. If I were a nefarious type this would be the perfect one button solution to hit when the cops were busting down the front door. From the marketing
Our Secure Data Disposal tool is indifferent to the operating system on a hard disk. It can ensure that any critical data is permanently removed from a PC before it is disposed.
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