Re: The hammer is best

On 23/08/2026 20:20, 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.
> 
No., They have the wisdom of age.
Crushing a disk loses maybe $20. Having a disks data stolen could cots 
them $billions
There is no way to be assured other than by doing $10,000 worth of 
testing that a disks data has completely been destroyed beyond foresnic 
recovery, but if the disk is crushed there is certainty.

Likewise the audit trails to determine whether or not the disk held any 
sensitive data or not are expensive to maintain and even more to trace.


$20 is a small price to pay for certainty


> Greetings
> Marc

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