tor 2016-01-07 klockan 15:08 -0500 skrev Mouse: > > Well, if you don't have access to thermite [...] > > Actually, red heat is well above the Curie temperature for most media, > isn't it? You could chuck the platters into the coals of a bonfire, > let them get up to a nice cherry red. Depending on what the platters > are made of, this might even melt them, which should effectively > destroy any organization in the material that once formed a thin film > on them. If not, it should demagnetize the coating....
Unhealthy. I would expect that to generate a fair amount of sulphuric and hydrochloric acid. A fair bit of the shit inside the HD also would end up in the nearby soil.