"Slightly" more complicated answers. <grin> (I think we should eliminate the terms "Beginner" and "Advanced" answers - I'm going to call them 'simple' and 'good.' No need to remind people of their level of learning!) Today's topics were:
- Are your files really erased?
- Is it a Phish or not?
- Challenge: What is a Digital Signature?
- What are the New Microsoft Terms of Service?
The first question about erasing files included a surprise: I submitted a question to the "My Hard Drive Died" podcast and it was answered 'on air' by data recovery expert Scott Moulton. Here's a link to that podcast: <
link> The actual podcast is almost an hour and a half long - skip to the 36 minute mark to hear how Scott tackles my question about how much can be recovered from a HD after a single pass of zeros is written on it.
For the third question, a member challenged me explain exactly what a Digital Signature was - I think I nailed it! The short answer is, "a digital signature is a hash of the document being signed encrypted with the signer's private key." Of course that requires me to also explain what a hash and private key is. And that requires one to understand .... etc. etc. etc. <grin>
