• TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
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    18 days ago

    It’s already corroded from the factory…hard drive platters use iron oxide. Can’t rust rust. The mechanical bits may be trashed but the platter can most likely still be read with specialized recovery equipment.

    • 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works
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      17 days ago

      Who could you even trust to send the drive to? Anyone who could read it could take the money and just claim it couldn’t be recovered.

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        17 days ago

        I mean, companies exist specifically to do this for other big companies, I’m sure there are security procedures, background checks, NDAs and everything that needs to go with that.