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Nwipe vs HDD physical destruction

I have a bunch of hard disks that have come to the end of their useful life, I was thinking about physically destroying them, but that seems like a lot of work.

https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe

Nwipe and shreados are very popular. What are your thoughts on the effectiveness of nwipe?

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  • Open them up, salvage the magnets. Use sandpaper on the platters if you need to apply more privacy.

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