Flash drives and encryption ?

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  1. user006

    user006 Registered Member

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    Hi all I'm new here I appreciate if someone can answer my questions.

    1.What is the preferred method of wiping a flash drive securely if there has been unencrypted data present on it in the past is it even possible without destroying the device with a hammer?

    2.I read in the truecrypt documentation that "its not recommended to use a flashdrive(solidstate) to store a encrypted truecrypt volume" because of wear leveling and possibly recoverable old Tc volume headers and using it to decrypt a volume if the password was changed etc.Does this effect both types of Tc containers ?



    Thx
     
  2. MrBrian

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    Welcome to the forums :).

    http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2256804
     
  3. chiraldude

    chiraldude Registered Member

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    Sadly, the last comment in the anandtech link is 100% true. You can never be sure that a SSD is completely erased. Your only option is to physically destroy it.
     
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    Whats safer having a truecrypt encrypted whole mechanical hardrive or flash usb stick if they are both out of the box new ?

    Is it advisable to make a new truecrypt volume every time new data is added to a hidden truecrypt volume due to it changing the sectors and making the hidden volume more detectable ?
     
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