Tony Whitmore wrote: > We've talked in the past about secure data erasure, using things like DBAN > which use wiping algorithms approved by the US DoD. The BBC news website is > carrying a story today encouraging people to get physical and smash their > drives. Now, whilst I can see that putting a hard disk that has come > straight from a computer on ebay, or one that has been trivially formatted > or had files "erased" is probably a risk, is it really worth getting people > to attack their hard drives with hammers? (Never mind the Health & Safety > implications!) > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7816446.stm > > Tony > >
I like this bit on the web page: --- "It sounds extreme, but the only way to be 100% safe is to smash your hard drive into smithereens." Because those smithereens contain environmentally harmful materials, they should be recycled - for instance at the vendor from whom a new hard drive is purchased. --- Can you imagine what would happen if you turned up at PCWorld with a bag of platter shards and said "Recycle that!" ? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
