2009/1/8 Chris Dennis <cgden...@btinternet.com> > 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 > > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------- >
My practice has been to put the drive in a strong bag and hit it repeatedly with a sledgehammer. Health and Safety? Hardly an issue, I'd have thought. It beats me why anyone would want to try and retrieve data from the disc fragments, but I wish them luck in their endeavours. Chris.
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