Why East-Tec, CyberScrub, etc. re: Ccleaner

Hello.

I'm not sure that this belongs in this section.

Can anyone say if there are any advantages to software such as East-Tec Eraser, CyberScrub Privacy Suite, etc. in relation to Ccleaner, particularly because Ccleaner is free?

Do these other software programs offer any advantages over Ccleaner?

Thank you again.

 

No idea on the features .vs each other. Check out Privazer and donate if you can. Nothing says you can't use a bunch of free ones at the same time, either. You can use CCleaner, Clean After Me, BleachBit, and Privazer, at 6 hour intervals using Task Scheduler.

Also remember that these things are for keeping a drive as clean as possible BUT THERE WILL STILL BE STUFF ON THERE. Encrypt the drive if you don't want ANY tracks available (and the drive is not mounted when examined).

PD

 

The only way to be sure is to physically destroy the hard disk even if the whole drive is encrypted.

 

Brazilian Daniel Dantas' drives have revealed no information after being thrashed on, by the US FBI. While you are correct that an Acid Slurry would be best (If you don't want to use the drive any longer), it isn't always needed, IMO...especially if you want to keep using the drive, and are doing this for privacy reasons, related to completely legal activities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dantas

PD

 

I remember reading on another site by a 'security expert' that the only way to ensure that files can't be restored or read from a hdd is to melt it to a liquid state .....If I ever had top secret documents that I wanted to 'destroy' its the method I would use lol.

 

One pass deletion is enough to wipe a drive, encryption once with truecrypt is enough. Dantas knows this and is not retarded enough to use a password less then 20 digits. Anything over 20 is secure to almost any attack be it dictionary or code, so long as you mix in lower/upper/num/symb. Anyone that thinks you need more such as acid or destroying a disk is not well versed.

 

Thank you for all of your responses. I appreciate it.

 

Great point.

I do think the standard changes with time, as the ability/speed to crack passwords increases as computers gain in power.

Today, 20 is theoretically much more than enough for anyone who is not a "high value target". Just don't use twenty zeros in a row or an easily "guessable" passphrase "Happy21stBirthdayMe!".

With the use of password managers, does anyone know if it is now possible / practical to use passwords that contain "characters" that are not on the keyboard?

IIRC, each keyboard character is a two byte combo, but not all two byte combos are mapped to the keyboard (i.e. are "type-able"). Seems to me that would certainly increase the "strength" of a 20 character password exponentially, unless password generators embedded in the PW manager programs take advantage of this already.