Re: The hammer is best

On 8/23/26 15:20, Marc Haber wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 23/08/2026 12:55, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> Hard disks are simply repurposed, recycled, sold... usually zeroing them
>>> first. Encryption protects the case when zeroing is forgotten, or the
>>> disk breaks before that. Encryption protects against such accidents.
>>>
>> No, they are not. Not by corporations. Some Mickey Mouse companies with
>> nothing worth stealing might...
> 
> Corporations still act on the customs of the 2000 years because using
> their brains costs money that doesn't land in budgets where the money
> to destroy disks is already booked.

   Ummmm ???

   Anyway, unless yer the CIA, ONE good whack with
   a ball-peen WILL ruin those HDDs. Quick and cheap.

   "Bang Bang Hillry's silver hammer cam down upon
   those phones" :-)

   SSDs ? Maybe TWO whacks. A "stun gun" applied
   to the pins will surely do it too. Sparky Sparky,
   no more chips.