On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 14:04:38 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > I would suggest: generate a random sequence of octets, *do not write it > to disk*, scan the whole block device to check it is not there. Then > write it into a file, remove the file immediately and scan again. > > Which I did, and I am humbled to say that you were right. I find that > quite surprising and would need to look at how it is implemented.
That's clever *and* a huge show of dedication. Kudos.

