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From	not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject	Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
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Date	2025-08-08 09:10 +1000
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c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
> On 8/6/25 5:14 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>>>    Note - ALWAYS pre-encrypted before sending to cloud.
>>>    Encrypt local, random name, copy to DBx, Rename
>>>    re-date and whatever else is possible afterwards.
>>>    OpenSSL can do most of the security stuff. I just
>>>    do NOT believe claims of their own 'security'.
>>>    Send 'em binary garbage.
>> 
>> Sure, although keep in mind that one day in the future they might
>> be able to decrypt even your old self-encrypted files easily, like
>> encrypted files from the 1990s can be today. Even if they say that
>> data is deleted, there's no way to be sure that someone didn't
>> keep/steal a copy.
> 
>   Well, 'relevance' tends to fall off over time.
>   Ten or twenty year old bank/personnel records
>   and such ... not very interesting.

Potentially still useful for fraudsters though.

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Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-31 00:26 +0000
  Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-30 23:02 -0400
  Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-31 15:21 +0200
    Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-31 14:39 +0100
    Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-01 01:08 +0000
      Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-01 14:03 +0200
    Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-01 10:05 +0200
      Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-01 14:04 +0200
        Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-01 14:31 +0200
          Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-01 14:40 +0200
            Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-01 18:16 +0200
          Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-01 19:29 +0000
            Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-02 02:15 -0400
            Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-02 10:05 +0200
          Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-01 23:55 +0000
            Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-02 03:39 +0200
              Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-02 03:24 +0000
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-02 02:04 -0400
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-02 13:59 +0200
              Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-02 03:03 -0400
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                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-05 19:54 -0400
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-06 06:37 +0000
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-06 04:03 -0400
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-07 07:14 +1000
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-06 22:16 -0400
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-07 18:20 +0100
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-07 18:22 +0100
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-08 09:10 +1000
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-08-06 07:39 -0700
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            Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-02 10:07 +0200
              Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-02 23:32 +0000
                Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-02 21:36 -0400

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