1997-07-02 - Re: Degaussing

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-07-02 12:57:12 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 20:57:12 +0800

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 20:57:12 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Degaussing
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Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com> writes:
> media for declassification purposes. They remove the oxide layer. In case
> of floppies the preferred method is incineration, in case of hard drives,
> the usual technique is sandblasting.

5.25" floppies could be run via a shredder (a big one, not the puny little
thing I have at home) but 3.5" floppies would make almost any shredder choke.

Some large corporations sell their old floppies to China, where they're
supposedly recycled into magentic strips for credit cards.

Hmm...

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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