"Hardwipe is the data sanitization toolset used by activists, journalists, IT technicians and anyone to ensure that discarded, but sensitive, information can never be recovered by someone else."

Really? That is news to me. I am two out of three of those types of people and I used to be in the third group.... never heard of this? Can the authors back this claim up with hard evidence or is it just a throwaway claim?

Kiwi1960  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+18)

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Kiwi1960 Might be worth re-reading the developer's blurb: the "and anyone" says it all though sadly signals a premature exhaustion of imagination, hence there's no mention of camel herders in Kazakhstan or window cleaners in Dubai. A good thing, then, that GOTD users are on hand to assist with the identification of other 'sanitizers' (did I mention, tuna canners in Pago Pago?)

As a full-time cat butler domiciled in the UK, I myself am very much a user of this kind of software, especially after the cat has bid on eBay without my knowledge and I need to erase any evidence that might suggest it was actually my fault. I've therefore DL'd and run today's giveaway but as it doesn't do anything that a host of freeware already accomplishes, it's not a keeper.

Kudos, though, to the felicitously named Big Angry Dog for brightening the tediously prosaic world of software publishing, and for re-habilitating a word that has for too long languished in the daft scripts of unwatchable spy movies: 'sanitizing'my computer sounds so-oo much better than permanently wiping stuff off it; I'm even persuaded, now, of just how alike Matt Damon and I truly are.

<b>Kiwi1960</b> Might be worth re-reading the developer's blurb: the <i>"and anyone"</i> says it all though sadly signals a premature exhaustion of imagination, hence there's no mention of camel herders in Kazakhstan or window cleaners in Dubai. A good thing, then, that GOTD users are on hand to assist with the identification of other 'sanitizers' (did I mention, tuna canners in Pago Pago?) As a full-time cat butler domiciled in the UK, I myself am very much a user of this kind of software, especially after the cat has bid on eBay without my knowledge and I need to erase any evidence that might suggest it was actually my fault. I've therefore DL'd and run today's giveaway but as it doesn't do anything that a host of freeware already accomplishes, it's not a keeper. Kudos, though, to the felicitously named Big Angry Dog for brightening the tediously prosaic world of software publishing, and for re-habilitating a word that has for too long languished in the daft scripts of unwatchable spy movies: <i>'sanitizing'</i>my computer sounds so-oo much better than permanently wiping stuff off it; I'm even persuaded, now, of just how alike Matt Damon and I truly are.
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MikeR  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+20)

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If you read the terms, and read between the ines. It sounds like as soon as you download this program, they can immediately have access to everything on your computer and their 3rd party associates. Does that mean that if anyone associated with the program or their associates can alter their programs and have the same access to your computer. Hmmm, sounds like they will know and can copy your content and store it before they kick down your door, so where does this program leave you by downloading it?

Rlauts  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+12)

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I checked their website. There is a 100% free all the time version. The version being offered here is the Essential version ($12.99 upgrade). There is a third version called the "Professional" version that is $25.99.

http://www.hardwipe.com/upgrade.html

Jason  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+9)

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Amazing program. Been using it for almost 2 years with no problem. This one is the paid Essential edition, not Free, guys. The Essential gives you a couple of benefits (pagefile deletion on request, 2-pass verification). The Free Edition does not do it.

Paul  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+7)

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