Tony Whitmore wrote:
> We've talked in the past about secure data erasure, using things like DBAN
> which use wiping algorithms approved by the US DoD. The BBC news website is
> carrying a story today encouraging people to get physical and smash their
> drives. Now, whilst I can see that putting a hard disk that has come
> straight from a computer on ebay, or one that has been trivially formatted
> or had files "erased" is probably a risk, is it really worth getting people
> to attack their hard drives with hammers? (Never mind the Health & Safety
> implications!)
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7816446.stm
>
> Tony
>
>
I like this bit on the web page:
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"It sounds extreme, but the only way to be 100% safe is to smash your
hard drive into smithereens."
Because those smithereens contain environmentally harmful materials,
they should be recycled - for instance at the vendor from whom a new
hard drive is purchased.
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Can you imagine what would happen if you turned up at PCWorld with a bag
of platter shards and said "Recycle that!" ?
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
