On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Florin Iucha <florin at iucha.net> wrote: > I do know that > some parts of the US government used to take all the hard drives out > from computers before selling them for reuse or scrap. I presume the > hard drives were shredded in large batches or hammered-in in small > batches. And many organizations continue to participate in this horrifically environmentally harmful practice even though it is no longer necessary because they are misled about the current state of forensics. - Tony