Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I take this to mean the the drive is non-functional and might > > have well been melted, except that demagnetising is cheaper. > > Yup.
In a frequently cited scary paper (on the web &c.), Peter Gutmann claims claims that's not true in practise, IIRC: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html Go for the thermite reaction instead!-) (please don't try that at home, kids) John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
