On Sunday, January 26, 2014 6:05:39 AM UTC-8, Ignoramus15922 wrote:
On 2014-01-26, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"jon_banquer" wrote in message

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Here is why you're a ****ing moron if you think smashing your hard

drive is a good answer to protecting your data from someone determined

enough to read it.



You're also a ****ing moron if you believe iggy is some kind a

computer expert.



http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...drive-14877558



"Yes, physically destroying a hard drive renders your device and the

data on it unusable. But with enough motivation and the right

equipment?and the F.B.I. has both?some of your data can be recovered.

Dan Kaminsky, chief scientist of security firm DKH, says 100 percent

physical data destruction is nearly impossible. The only method that

comes close is overwriting the disk.

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with acetylene.







Actually, this article from Nov. 2013 says that his hard drive

contents have not been recovered.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4339399.html

http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.c...ses-challenge/



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"Chris Bross is a senior engineer at Drive Savers -- a company which tries to recover data from erased or damaged hard drives. He told NBC News that in his two decades on the job, he has successfully extracted information from hard drives damaged intentionally by being hit with a hammer, shot or run over with a car."