sanitizing disc

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>> On 4 February 2014 21:41, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>> I'm not missing your point, I'm disagreeing.
> 
> :-)
> 
>> BUT: If people are *especially* concerned, then they can and should
>> destroy the drive.
> 
> This is the part where *I* strongly disagree with *you*, I guess.
> 
>> Recovery of data from a drive that someone has deliberately smashed (and
>> certainly from a drive that someone has shredded) is for all practical
>> purposes impossible.
> 
> No, it not impossible, it is perfectly doable, merely very hard.
> 
>> If it is possible at all it will require
>> specialised services, will cost a lot of money and take a lot of time.
> 
> Yes. But the point is, smash it to bits, the data definitely *can* be
> recovered and the drive definitely can't be reused. DBAN it, the data
> definitely can't be recovered and the drive definitely can be reused.
> 
> No contest.
> 
>> These are the technical matters. Charity comes second.
> 
> I think you're wrong.
> 
>> And you may recall that I a) was the first to recommend shred and b)
>> warned against the use of controller commands by amateurs.
> 
> A fair point.

Okay at this point the quality of this discussion has completely degraded. Enough info has been provided to allow a user enough detail to make a conscious choice in terms of which direction to go with a drive. Anything further from this point should be discussed directly with each other. Why wreck this thread with a debate. There's a wealth of information prior to this point. Just agree to disagree.