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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 9 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Drills, big magnets, hammers etc… work too

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

Feels like it's easier to just not have anything on your hard drive that's worth that much effort. I can only think of one type of file that would justify that level of obfuscation in most of the world, and I actually fully support owners of those files turning their PCs over to the police unmolested, so to speak

[–] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Big magnets will only pull the arm off the plates and leave the data intact. Also why waste good hardware when all it needs is a couple of writes with all zeroes and ones?

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

tbh I completely forgot about the context of this post. Yeah shredding takes longer than getting a warrant from a corrupt judge

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Mircrowave.

Just take out anything LiON prior to nuking, and as much pure metal housing as you can.

And also plan on getting a new microwave.

And have a fire extinguisher on hand.

[–] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

and do it outside and throw the microwave away so you don't die from NO2 poisoning...