• cm0002@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The proper method for destruction is to wipe the drives, then shred them.

    Yes for spinny drives.

    For SSDs, when you delete something TRIM + physics ensures it’s really really gone all the time

    Please stop shredding SSDs that can go on to a 2nd life…

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        6 months ago

        I figured, but I wanted to point it out because I’m so tired of seeing good SSDs get shredded or otherwise destroyed for “security”.

        Shredding was already a bit overkill for HDDs that were able to be properly wiped but at least there were some possible fringe cases. There’s really no excuse for SSDs though