Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:51:39 -0500 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's in my hard drive? How can I get rid of it? Message-ID: <mc199d$luh$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <54E39F83.70002@gmail.com> <mc0ad5$qu2$1@ger.gmane.org> <alpine.LRH.2.11.1502171829280.7759@sas1.nber.org>
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Daniel Feenberg wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Feb 2015, Michael Powell wrote: > >> [snip] >> >> Remove the cover. Remove the platters. Smash all platters with large >> sledge hammer until all pieces are fairly small. Melt material with >> oxyacetylene welders torch. Repeat smashing with hammer. Soak for few >> hours in hydrofluoric acid. Rinse and allow to dry. Grind material into a >> fine particulate dust. Dispose of out the back of airplane while flying >> or drop into convenient nearby volcano. That might be good enough. >> >> Send the electronic components to Kaspersky for analysis. > > I did once investigate claims that overwritten sectors could be read by > sophisticated instruments and posted my results at: > > http://www.nber.org/sys-admin/overwritten-data-gutmann.html > > > In short - that is pure science fiction. > > daniel feenberg I'm autistic. I've always had a problem getting sarcasm right. Still working on it... -Mike
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