this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2024
642 points (99.4% liked)

Memes

45260 readers
2621 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
642
Have you tried turning it off and on again? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (15 children)

I'm assuming this is actually to render an old drive inoperable, in case of sensitive contents?

[โ€“] Merlin404 6 points 5 months ago

Correct, and it uses magnets to render the disks unreadable. One of those devices services https://at-rack.co.uk/ LTT using it https://youtu.be/4dR5lbF5-wo

load more comments (14 replies)