Tuesday, November 12, 2019

ssd - DBAN to wipe flash drive?

I know DBAN can be used to securely wipe HDDs, and I know that it cannot be used to securely wipe SSDs.




What about flash drives? It is my understanding that SSDs use flash memory, but that they move the data around whereas flash drives (as in small thumb drives/memory sticks) do not. I know DBAN can NOT securely erase a SSD, but will it securely erase a flash drive?



And yes I know it reduces the lifespan of the flash drive, I don't care about that



Thank you

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