How would you go about securely destroying several hundred gigabytes of arbitrary data as quickly as possible?
Incinerating hard drives is a slow, manual (and therefore insecure) process.
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A:
I know the answer but this seems like one of those questions best left unanswered unless you know why it's being asked.
Khorkrak
2010-06-05 04:44:01
-1: cute, but useless.
Dolph
2010-06-05 05:09:42
The word "fired" may be a cause or a consequence :)
belisarius
2010-06-05 05:22:36
+1
A:
Physically destroying the drives does not (necessarily) take a significant amount of time. Consider, for example, http://www.redferret.net/?p=14528 .
VeeArr
2010-06-05 05:07:39
I don't think that is secure enough for all purposes. Also, I bet I could do better with a hammer or rock.
John Fischer
2010-06-05 05:23:06
+1 just burn it, no one will ever get the data back...
BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
2010-06-05 05:29:37
@Luchaguate: I've never seen a citation of anyone actually recovering data manually from severely damaged platters. I propose that mangling the drive in such a fashion is sufficient for all purposes.
VeeArr
2010-06-05 05:34:14
@VeeArr Point taken, I am probably not being realistic. Even if it were theoretically possible, it would likely be too expensive...
John Fischer
2010-06-05 05:51:44
Blendtec might be a cheaper solution, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax2BOCoVDJk
John Fischer
2010-06-05 06:08:49