I sure hope you were done using them... or is this some kind of IT-related stress-relief vengeance?I got weird looks from my neighbors today, smashing hard drives in the front yard. Nothing prevents identity theft like a 5 pound sledge!
I sure hope you were done using them... or is this some kind of IT-related stress-relief vengeance?I got weird looks from my neighbors today, smashing hard drives in the front yard. Nothing prevents identity theft like a 5 pound sledge!
You've clearly never been around submarine auxiliary-systems machinist's mates...Best option I've seen for non destructive disposal is to stick it in the diaper genie and make it part of the diaper genie 'sausage'. I dont think anyones going to poke around in there for valuables.
When I left sea duty in 1992, everything equipped with a disk platter or a computer chip was too big to fit through a submarine toilet's 3" flushing valve.Ever find any disk drives in there?
When I left sea duty in 1992, everything equipped with a disk platter or a computer chip was too big to fit through a submarine toilet's 3" flushing valve.
I would open up the hard drive by removing all the little screws and putting a large magnet to the plates inside. Afterwards, destroy those plates. If those plates are still in tack, information can be retrieved from them (not by the average person of course).
To all the youngsters out there, let me share this lesson.
Shooting a metal object at near point blank range is a good way to prove Mr Darwin right.
Dont laugh...competition for the "almost a darwin award winner" is very strong this year.
SK Man Hurts Himself Trying to Loosen Lug Nut -- With a Shotgun : Code 911 : Kitsap Sun
Let he who has never wanted to shoot his car chamber the first round.
The most surprising thing about this story is that it didn't happen in a southern state. Washington State--who'd a thunk it?