What's wrong with the "disassemble and rend with heavy hammer" approach? Doesn't that render the platters un-readable, if done with sufficient ardor?
On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Stefan Skoglund (lokal < stefan.skogl...@agj.net> wrote: > tor 2016-01-07 klockan 15:08 -0500 skrev Mouse: > > > Well, if you don't have access to thermite [...] > > > > Actually, red heat is well above the Curie temperature for most media, > > isn't it? You could chuck the platters into the coals of a bonfire, > > let them get up to a nice cherry red. Depending on what the platters > > are made of, this might even melt them, which should effectively > > destroy any organization in the material that once formed a thin film > > on them. If not, it should demagnetize the coating.... > > Unhealthy. > > I would expect that to generate a fair amount of sulphuric and > hydrochloric acid. > A fair bit of the shit inside the HD also would end up in the nearby > soil. > >
