[clug] Hard disk destruction

[Brendan Jurd]

2009/6/30 Sam Couter <sam at couter.id.au>:
> How hot was your fire? You can tell from the colour of the glowing
> disks:
>
> http://hearth.com/econtent/index.php/wiki/Temperature_when_metal_glows_red

I think we only got as far as the "red glow, visible in twilight" category.

>
> What's your threat model? Those platters are already out of the drive
> in a non-clean environment so they're already rediculously expensive to
> recover. Do you really have information that important?

Well if I really did have information that important, would I admit it
and talk about it openly on a public mailing list? =)

The data we're talking about on these platters is the sort of thing
that, if recovered, would be a Privacy Act problem.  No national
secrets or plans for doomsday devices.

As you say, they are already well past the point where *cheap*
recovery is possible.  The main purpose behind doing a full
destruction is education/entertainment, with the side bonus being
peace-of-mind in knowing that recovery is genuinely not possible.

Cheers,
BJ