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We caught technicians at Best Buy, Mobile Klinik, Canada Computers and others snooping on our personal devices (www.cbc.ca)

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[+] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You wrap a fridge magnet in a soft cloth (so it doesn’t scratch anything) and then give it a good scrubbing duh. Make sure you get between all the keys (the data can get stuck in there)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd extract the hard drive from the computer chassis and plug it into a working system using a drive repair hookup (an external drive array without the enclosure). I'd borrow a friend's if it was possible.

The problem is the hard drive is commonly the thing that bricks, in which case your SOL. This is where you (and businesses with business secrets) are lucky to know a data-recovery expert that doesn't squeal to the coppers. Few do.