an old laptop before I trash it, what software is best suited for this?
Check if it has secure erase feature
Just cat urandom to it
use hardware, personally I prefer using a drill press and a 16mm HSS bit does the trick
why? wipe it off and sell it. other people might be able to use. stop wasting electronic devices
Well, I tried but the laptop is almost 10 years old already. Nobody wanted it. I am going to make sure it's properly taken care of though, there are recycling programmes here
This! At least for old NAS drives, or stuff that mostly held non-sensitive information. I get not selling the HDD that had scans of very important documents on them, though. Identity theft is a thing.
wiping it according to DOD guideline should be good enough. unless you are DOD 😁
Physically destroy it lol
well, it's the only surefire way to make it really hard for someone to get data off it
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