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1997-07-02 - Re: Degaussing

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From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
To: Alan Olsen <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
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Reply To: <19970702021749.17094.qmail@squirrel.owl.de>
UTC Datetime: 1997-07-02 06:56:11 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 14:56:11 +0800

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From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 14:56:11 +0800
To: Alan Olsen <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: Degaussing
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At 10:02 PM -0700 7/1/97, Alan Olsen wrote:
>At 02:17 AM 7/2/97 -0000, Secret Squirrel wrote:
>>
>>Could someone please point me to a FAQ or somesuch about degaussing
>>magnetic media? Thank you!
>
>Electromagnetic pulse.  You want something as strong as possible.  About 10
>megatons should generate a big enough pulse.

It works better if you also expose it to the heat and blast.  :-)

In all seriousness, complete physical destruction of the media is the only
sure technique.  Lucky Green's sandblasting sounds like it should work
well.  Melting it into slag should also work.


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