On Dec 4, 2007 3:35 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A strong magnetic field close to the hard drive will completely destroy > the data making it impossible to recover. I will also probably fuckup > the drive mechanism, rendering the drive useless.
If by strong you mean a super conducting magnet of the sort find in a labratory NMR machine, then probably true. A degaussing coil that you might find in your home, not a chance. > Someone said consumer > demagnetizers were not sufficently strong? How do you know this? The amazing density of moderns drives means the individual magnetic domains need to be very resistant to change. It's a fairly straightforward math exercise which has been performed by people far smarter than I. > I have not run a tor server, so I do not know the exact requirements. > Can it be done from a ram drive? Sure. > Explosives and incendiaries are a poor choice for obvious reasons. Want > to add arson and terrorism to your charges? > > I am not saying magnetism is the only way or even the best way, but a > way, assuming you have recent backups at an undisclosed, secure > location. Any proactive action to destroy data would look very bad in court. Using a ram drive, or simply not logging, would be wise.
