On 9 May 2018 at 07:18, Pete Biggs <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 13:00 +0200, Leon Fauster wrote:
>> > Am 08.05.2018 um 21:46 schrieb Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >
>> > On 8 May 2018 at 15:34, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > > Anyone have any clues about how to sanitize a dead SSD? We haven't had it
>> > > yet, but we're sure it's coming. Esp. since I'm a federal contractor, a
>> > > dead disk gets deGaussed, but what the hell do you do with a SSD?
>> > >
>> >
>> > SSD disks must be shredded as the data has been written over multiple
>> > sectors many times to 'even the writes'. This allows for even a 'dead'
>> > disk to be disassembled with 'off-the-shelf' equipment to extract
>> > items from the dead places. Depending on the data involved, there may
>> > be different levels of shredding and destruction of shreds required.
>>
>>
>> What would someone use to do this? An industrial blender, circular saw ...?
>>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE8kwu3dm3o
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqW4djlQUoE
>
Yes. Depending on the data type, the 'dust' at the other end may need
to be ground through another machine so that all parts are less than
some specified size ( I think it was below 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm x0.5cm.)
Then again depending on the data type, those bits are poured into
concrete or taken to a specialized chemical incinerator.
> P.
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