> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Tony Yarusso > > 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. That is only correct in the sense that nobody would bother to try to read most scrapped drives. Not true for many super-sensitive cases requiring TS/SCI polygraph clearances. Chuck