wipe
secure file deletion
Install
- All systems
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curl cmd.cat/wipe.sh
- Debian
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apt-get install wipe - Ubuntu
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apt-get install wipe -
Alpine
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apk add wipe - Arch Linux
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pacman -S wipe - Kali Linux
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apt-get install wipe - Fedora
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dnf install wipe - Windows (WSL2)
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sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install wipe - Raspbian
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apt-get install wipe - Dockerfile
- dockerfile.run/wipe
- Docker
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docker run cmd.cat/wipe wipepowered by Commando
wipe
secure file deletion
Recovery of supposedly erased data from magnetic media is easier than what many people would like to believe. A technique called Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) allows any moderately funded opponent to recover the last two or three layers of data written to disk. Wipe repeatedly writes special patterns to the files to be destroyed, using the fsync() call and/or the O_SYNC bit to force disk access. Wipe can permanently delete data in hard disks and flash drives (caution! several writes can damage solid medias). This program is useful in anti-forensics and security activities.