• toynbee@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      A tool, primarily within Linux, that can overwrite disks. I’ve never seen it recommended for data deletion, but I guess it makes sense.

      It stands for “disk to disk” and is usually used for things like writing ISOs.

      However, shred is the usual approach.