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A coworker once insisted on fondling discarded drives with extremely strong magnets, then taking a power sander to the magnetized part. I wasn't sure if this w
by neoncontrails 5y ago
A coworker once insisted on fondling discarded drives with extremely strong magnets, then taking a power sander to the magnetized part. I wasn't sure if this was overkill or not. Is there any wisdom in this?
- dylan604 5y agoSounds like someone needing a reason to use a power sander
- sizzle 5y agoYup exactly why I needed to buy my Milwaukee right angle die grinder… ask my wife ;)
- sundvor 5y agoWell if they wanted to be 100% certain nothing could be recovered, then that is a very good way to make sure.
- WaxProlix 5y agoWhen I worked for the UC Observatories we physically destroyed most retired drives, just in case of sensitive information. Some personal machines' drives were excepted but there was a good deal of hammering.