Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 02:34:24 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's in my hard drive? How can I get rid of it? Message-ID: <20150219022927.F38620@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <mailman.73.1424260801.56951.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.73.1424260801.56951.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 559, Issue 3, Message: 4 On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:51:39 -0500 Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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... Just because not everybody gets it doesn't mean you're doing it wrong :) cheers, Ian
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