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Permanently erase "sensitive" data, for $25 a pop
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May 9, 2008
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The "Degausser" uses a bank of lead acid batteries and strong magnetic field to make sure your files are never, ever seen again.
We're told the vault-like device sells for $19,000, but send in your own drives to Ontrack Data Recovery and we're told they'll destroy everything on it for $25.

Dubbed the "Degausser DG.02", the unit is fed by a large supply of DC current generated by sealed lead acid batteries. Using magnetic field, OnTrack claims the Degausser can wipe a drive in four seconds. It works with tapes, diskettes, ZIP drives, cassettes.














Fun with magnets: The Degausser can erase a typical hard drive in 4 seconds
Fun with magnets: The Degausser can erase a typical hard drive in 4 seconds
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Comments: 4
.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
May 9, 2008 7:29 PM
 "but send in your own drives to Ontrack Data Recovery and we're told they'll destroy everything on it for $25."

Let's just hope they don't steal the data before they destroy it. ;)


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Permanently erase "sensitive" data, for $25 a pop?
The "Degausser" uses a bank of lead acid batteries and strong magnetic field to make sure your files are never, ever seen again.

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M9ROC
May 12, 2008 12:08 PM
 If you buy a hammer you can do the job yourself for about $4. Then you're guaranteed that info is never coming back.
geller
May 12, 2008 3:16 PM
 actually that's no necessarily true. Commercial data recovery experts are known to retreive data from physically damaged drives - including drives that have been through office fires. unless it's physically shattered, it's possible to recover the data.
M9ROC
May 12, 2008 4:30 PM
 Hence, that's why buy a hammer. Physically smash the life out of it.
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