Urandom
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF URANDOM?
Deleting sensitive files from your computer is easier said than done. Even if you remember to regularly empty your recycling bin, remnants of the offending files will still be lurking on your hard drive. So if you want to permanently erase your hard drive use the following command to overwrite all sensitive:
data... /dev/urandom
| Infinitive: | urandom |
| Present Tense: | erasing data |
| Past Tense: | deleted data |
| Present Participle: | deleting data |
| Past Participle: | erased data |
