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edzieba Why do people perform these convoluted dances when following the NIST standard is so much easier: Step 1) Run ATA SECURE ERASE on the drive (HDD OR SSD). The data on that drive is now unrecoverable, even forensically. DBAN with multiple passes is security theatre. Step 2) ONLY if needed by regulatory requirements, and ONLY after following Step 1: physically shred the drive. 99% of cases, you perform Step 1 and are now done. Reply
voyteck Come on – if this were a Hollywood movie, the villain would just put a bullet through the PC case (or the display), and the data would be gone forever. Reply
Konomi edzieba said: Why do people perform these convoluted dances when following the NIST standard is so much easier: Step 1) Run ATA SECURE ERASE on the drive (HDD OR SSD). The data on that drive is now unrecoverable, even forensically. DBAN with multiple passes is security theatre. Step 2) ONLY if needed by regulatory requirements, and ONLY after following Step 1: physically shred the drive. 99% of cases, you perform Step 1 and are now done. True: generally speaking, doing 1 is enough, also I personally find ripping off chips on SSDs and crushing them with pliers to be somewhat enjoyable. Plus that at least leaves the rest of the PCB to be somewhat salvageable if someone requires it. Reply
jp7189 Drilling holes is only for glass patter HDDs that get shattered by the action. NAND based drives need to have every chip physically destroyed, and drilling would be an inefficient way to hit every chip. Rotating the key on a SED drive sure is a quick and compliant way to do it, but thats still far slower and more expensive compared to a grinder when you have many 1000s of drives to process. It requires low wage folks and theres no chance of uncertainty. Reply
ravewulf On the other hand, adding wheels to the SSD to turn it into a little toy is pretty neat 😊 Reply
hotaru251 a hammer works better 😐 Reply
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