On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Florin Iucha <florin at iucha.net> wrote:
>  I do know that
> some parts of the US government used to take all the hard drives out
> from computers before selling them for reuse or scrap.  I presume the
> hard drives were shredded in large batches or hammered-in in small
> batches.

And many organizations continue to participate in this horrifically
environmentally harmful practice even though it is no longer necessary
because they are misled about the current state of forensics.

 - Tony