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@benjaoming @JulianOliver Yeah, it depends on your threat model. If someone isn't specifically after your data it isn't worth that much effort to get data from a random discarded drive, but then the intentional damage might indicate value...

I wonder what data recovery companies charge to recover data from drives damaged in, err, unfortunate longbow accidents.

Although boring, merely zeroing the drive is probably actually more reliable. Could do both though.