Exposing the human body to high levels of magnetism is harmless. It actually happens every day in MRI machines. An MRI is basically a huge powerful magnet.
Ex > -----Original Message----- > From: Maarten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [inbox] Re: [Full-Disclosure] erase with magnet > > > On Saturday 03 April 2004 23:18, Michal Zalewski wrote: > > On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Tim wrote: > > > Some folks made quite brave claims about inability to degauss a > disk, one > > guy even claiming the field needed to accomplish this could > possibly kill > > Yeah... that would've been me. Okay, that was indeed a bold statement ;-) > > Not being aware of readily available degaussers, I would think > the magnetic > field neccessary will induce an electric field in the electronics of the > drive that will be enough to kill the circuits. As for my > statement "killing > the operator", I'm afraid I had some visions of someone > experimenting with > tesla coils and very high capacity discharges. They were probably > uncalled > for. ;-) > I think that it is unwise to expose the human body to very strong > magnetic > fields but, granted, if you do not hold the degausser to your chest or > against your skull you'll probably be just fine. ;-) > > > the operator, but this seems to be quite silly considering there is a > > number of hardware degaussers for hard drives readily available on the > > market, some of them certified and used by fairly reputable > organizations: > > > > http://www.periphman.com/degaussing/degaussers/v92.shtml > > Quote: "Do not operate the degausser if you have a pacemaker." > > Maarten > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
