I usually cremate mine and blast them to outer space. But I understand this might not fit into everyone's budget.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Rosowski Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] "Hard drive destruction 'crucial'" (BBC) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> Paul Vixie wrote: >>> The only way to stop fraudsters stealing information from old computer hard >>> drives is by destroying them completely, a study has found. > > Paul M. Moriarty wrote: >> Why not just encrypt the whole thing before chucking it? > > Then definitely do it repeatedly. Or /usr/bin/shred it multiple times. > Overwritten data can be recovered too. I've always been partial to thermite. But if you're for the less dramatic, I've heard drilling a drill a hole through the drive and soaking it in some nice salt water is effective. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iEYEARECAAYFAklmcHIACgkQTs2s3OoD6D9A+QCfa/nQGs40sWR+n9Ct4du8IcXC 9aUAn2/jynF2VTRZsb1zEKJ+g5raodBY =LGGX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
