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Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk

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In article <spam-591B46.12060918102013@news.dslextreme.com>, Erik
<spam@this.com> wrote:

> In article <CE86E336.A2AA4%ghost_topper@hotmail.com>,
>  George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 10/15/13 9:33 PM, in article
> > 1lauar2.v6zbdw4ks227N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz, "Jamie Kahn Genet"
> > <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> > 
> > > Erik <spam@this.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > >> In article <Kradne9qtqI9AcDPnZ2dnUVZ_rqdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> > >>  Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> > >> 
> > >>> So I'm selling my older iMac.
> > >>> 
> > >>> Filevault 2 is on.
> > >>> 
> > >>>     So if I
> > >>>  delete all the files
> > >>>       Remove the account
> > >>>       Turn off filevault2
> > >>> 
> > >>> Then I assume the files are practically unrecoverable (I'll destroy the
> > >>> recovery key as well, naturally...).
> > >> 
> > >> Personally, I always remove and destroy the hard drive/s from my old
> > >> computers... then and only then I'm 100% sure nothing will be recovered.
> > >> 
> > >> As a side note, I was in one of those 'thrift' stores with a friend a
> > >> while back... and was amazed to not only see enormous heaps of old
> > >> computers that'd obviously not been taken apart, but overflowing shelves
> > >> and buckets of old hard drives seemingly offered by the pound to any and
> > >> all data miners who might happen by... astounding... gave me the creeps.
> > > 
> > > It's extremely hard, if not impossible for the average person or even
> > > governments to recover overwritten data off todays super dense HDs, so
> > > physical destruction seems like it's going way overboard (unless the HD
> > > died and there's no way to be sure the data is overwritten), and rather
> > > wasteful, to my thinking :-)
> > 
> > But it is so much FUN to get out the old sledgehammer and do some rhythm
> > exercises! 
> 
> I like to get them open first and harvest the magnets.

I usually open them up and destroy the internals, and put the casing
back together. Of course that's getting more difficult due to Apple
locking down the Mac's components tighter and tighter with each
release.

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Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-15 15:50 -0400
  Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk billy@MIX.COM - 2013-10-15 22:49 +0000
    Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-10-15 18:00 -0500
    Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-16 13:34 +1300
    Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-17 17:54 -0400
      Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-17 18:31 -0400
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-17 19:57 -0400
          Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-18 13:03 +1300
            Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-17 20:51 -0400
          Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-17 20:53 -0400
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-17 20:53 -0400
          Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-18 00:27 -0400
            Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-18 03:09 -0400
      Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-18 12:30 +1300
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-17 20:03 -0400
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-17 20:53 -0400
          Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-18 16:01 +1300
            Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-17 23:42 -0400
      Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Erik <spam@this.com> - 2013-10-17 17:27 -0700
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-17 20:50 -0400
      Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-17 20:53 -0400
  Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Erik <spam@this.com> - 2013-10-15 18:59 -0700
    Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-16 15:33 +1300
      Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-10-18 13:08 -0500
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Erik <spam@this.com> - 2013-10-18 12:06 -0700
          Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-19 10:17 +1300

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