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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
delete personal info without reformatting the drive? can it be done?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1751943" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>@macgig:</p><p></p><p>When I was working for the US Govt and we replaced a hard drive in a computer that held classified data, the standard procedure was to use a special wiping program (it overwrote 1 and 0 to the data 20 times). After the drive was wiped, it was sent to a special depot to be destroyed. If someone wants your data bad enough, (the KGB or CIA) about the only way to be safe is to completely destroy the drive. ;D</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1751943, member: 46727"] @macgig: When I was working for the US Govt and we replaced a hard drive in a computer that held classified data, the standard procedure was to use a special wiping program (it overwrote 1 and 0 to the data 20 times). After the drive was wiped, it was sent to a special depot to be destroyed. If someone wants your data bad enough, (the KGB or CIA) about the only way to be safe is to completely destroy the drive. ;D [/QUOTE]
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