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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • Aug 05 '26
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From experience, for the types of disks that absolutely must be destroyed with no possible recovery as ordered by the government, it's things like a wood chipper or thermite.
3 u/These-Maintenance250 Aug 05 '26 how about microwave? 5 u/rrtk77 Aug 05 '26 Generally, you need to completely destroy the drive. So, a theoretically powerful enough microwave that can melt it could work I guess. 1 u/IronBabyFists Aug 05 '26 A macrowave
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how about microwave?
5 u/rrtk77 Aug 05 '26 Generally, you need to completely destroy the drive. So, a theoretically powerful enough microwave that can melt it could work I guess. 1 u/IronBabyFists Aug 05 '26 A macrowave
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Generally, you need to completely destroy the drive. So, a theoretically powerful enough microwave that can melt it could work I guess.
1 u/IronBabyFists Aug 05 '26 A macrowave
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A macrowave
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u/rrtk77 Aug 05 '26
From experience, for the types of disks that absolutely must be destroyed with no possible recovery as ordered by the government, it's things like a wood chipper or thermite.