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25 Mar
Introducing Digital File Nuke
Today, Paul and I were kicking around the idea of secure file deletion. Being able to totally delete/destroy a file is pretty essential when you've got personal information such as credit card numbers or social security numbers.
However, there aren't a lot of easy programs that will do that for Macs. Paul found a Dashboard widget, and I idly remarked that coding up a custom program wouldn't be too hard. Well, he called me on it. So, about an hour later, I came up with Digital File Nuke, a Mac app to securely delete any file.
It works by creating an AppleScript wrapper to OS X's srm command. You just install it anywhere on your hard drive, and then drag a file to it. The app will ask you to confirm deleting the file (so you don't accidentally delete something important), and then it will overwrite the file with garbage data, rename the file, and then finally unlink it. This is a lot more secure than the regular delete process.
Digital File Nuke is released under the Open Source MIT license, which means that it's free to use, copy, modify, or peak at.
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by Dave Poole | 3/25/2009 9:58am | Comments (2)
by Dave Poole | 3/25/2009 9:58am | Comments (2)
For those who are interested in the dashboard widget the spurred all this, check out http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/business/shredder.html
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Left by Paul Sayre | Mar 25, 2009
Just found myself using this app for a totally unintended (and much slower) use. When deleting some files, I don't want to go through the process of putting them in the trash. This is much quicker from a user standpoint. Though, an 'rm' version would prolly be faster at this.
Left by Paul Sayre | Mar 25, 2009