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Mar 1, 2011

Reliably Erasing Data From Flash-Based Solid State Drives →

We've got built-in sanitize commands, overwriting, encryption, and my favorite:

3.2.3 Degaussing

We also evaluated degaussing as a method for erasing SSDs. Degaussing is a fast, effective means of destroying hard drives, since it removes the disks low-level formatting (along with all the data) and damages the drive motor.
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In all cases, the data remained intact.

Yeah, it's apparently a tricky little feat...

(via The Brooks Review)

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H. Parker Shelton

I'm just an ordinary thirty-something who's had some extraordinary opportunities. I graduated from Johns Hopkins University, work for Microsoft in Silicon Valley, code websites and applications, take the occasional photograph, and keep a constant eye on current events, politics, and technology. This blog is the best of what catches that eye.

 
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