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• JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A couple of passed with dd takes way longer than bolt cutters and it’s much less satisfying

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  • tatterdemalion@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think they meant you could wipe with dd and then they are recyclable.

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    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They’re recyclable snipped.

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      • toddestan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        More like they become reusable. A lot of places that refurbish donated computers for people who need them are perpetually short on drives since so much of the hardware they get have the drives pulled.

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah lmao. Wipe one drive at a time with a USB connector. No thanks. I don’t have bulk drive operation equipment and then it ties up a computer doing the work.

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    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wait, you don’t just hang like 6 of them out of your desktop by their cables and wipe them while you sleep?

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      • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Mine, sure. I replaced 15 desktops that day, no fucking way.

        Snip

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      • 9bananas@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        saw a setup like that at work, until it was determined to be a fire hazard. which it was.

        had to short the start pins of the MoBa with a paperclip to start the damn thing.

        we called it “the scorpion”, cause it would shock you if you touched it wrong, and it kinda looked like a scorpion with the cables hanging out all over the floor…

        #tales-from-IT

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• cheesybuddha@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think bolt cutters are faster though

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  • bhamlin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And significantly more power efficient

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  • voytrekk@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But more wasteful

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• thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re 500gb mechanical hard drives with financial data on them. Snip and done. No time wasted, not reusing them.

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• Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s dd?

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A tool, primarily within Linux, that can overwrite disks. I’ve never seen it recommended for data deletion, but I guess it makes sense.

    It stands for “disk to disk” and is usually used for things like writing ISOs.

    However, shred is the usual approach.

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    • Inkstainthebat@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I thought it stood for DiskDump

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      • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        A wise coworker of mine once told me that, when it comes to what Unix commands stand for, you kind of make it up as you go.

        In this case, though, looks like we were both wrong.

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