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<blockquote data-quote="Cr00zng" data-source="post: 1886588" data-attributes="member: 318059">For most people, your method is more than sufficient for the average computer user. That had been and is my preferred method of sanitizing disks. Just encrypt the drive with a third-party software, then reformat the drive. Since 2010, Intel introduced encryption co-processor (AES-NI) even software based encryption is fast. The chances are that FileVault 2.0 does utilize the AES-NI co-processor. Most recycling centers in my area do take hard drives, What happens to them, I don't really know.Self Encrypting Drives (SED) are 4 - 5% faster, but also have exploits to bypass password authentication for decrypting the drive:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.computerworld.com/article/3319736/bitlocker-on-self-encrypted-ssds-blown-microsoft-advises-you-switch-to-software-protection.html[/URL]MS not trusting SEDs says a lot about its encryption...&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />I disassemble some drives, after they had been sanitized, for the AL plates and hang them in the garden for keeping birds away. You should see the cats chasing the reflected sunlight on the neighbors house....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cr00zng, post: 1886588, member: 318059"] For most people, your method is more than sufficient for the average computer user. That had been and is my preferred method of sanitizing disks. Just encrypt the drive with a third-party software, then reformat the drive. Since 2010, Intel introduced encryption co-processor (AES-NI) even software based encryption is fast. The chances are that FileVault 2.0 does utilize the AES-NI co-processor. Most recycling centers in my area do take hard drives, What happens to them, I don't really know. Self Encrypting Drives (SED) are 4 - 5% faster, but also have exploits to bypass password authentication for decrypting the drive: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.computerworld.com/article/3319736/bitlocker-on-self-encrypted-ssds-blown-microsoft-advises-you-switch-to-software-protection.html[/URL] MS not trusting SEDs says a lot about its encryption... :eek: I disassemble some drives, after they had been sanitized, for the AL plates and hang them in the garden for keeping birds away. You should see the cats chasing the reflected sunlight on the neighbors house.... [/QUOTE]

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