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I actually talked to my cities recycling center, and they will degauss/destroy the drives with NSA certified tools. And they will provide a cert that it was don

• jaclaz 7y ago
  Good, though that means destroying the hardware (which may have well been resold insteadm with - besides a small economical advantage - is IMHO the best policy, re-using has less impact than recycling). As a side note - and to be picky - degaussers are AFAIK not really-really "certified" by NSA, they are only listed: https://www.nsa.gov/Portals/70/documents/resources/everyone/media-destruction/degausser-epl.pdf https://www.nsa.gov/Portals/70/documents/resources/everyone/... With what looks like a disclaimer: > The Degausser EPL (Evaluated Products List) specifies the current models of commercial equipment that satisfy NSA/ CSS requirements for erasure of magnetic storage devices retaining any level of classifed or sensitive data. Listing on the Degausser EPL does not constitute endorsement of the product by the USG or NSA/CSS; it only states that the evaluated degausser has met the applicable NSA/CSS performance requirements. Neither does the listing guarantee continued performance; customers should have their equipment re-tested periodically according to the manufacturer’s recommendations.