On Sunday, October 26, 2014 4:19:57 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > On 10/26/2014 2:41 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > >> OK, you're paranoid. If you have a good crosscut shredder, you can
> > >> dispose of it confidently. Only on detective shows on TV is it put
> > >> together again.
> > >
> > > I have a crosscut shredder but is that good enough? Maybe not. I don't
> > > throw away hard drives and there's a drawerful of them in the office
> > > even though I've taken quite a few apart. Beats the hell out of me where
> > > they're coming from. They multiply like rabbits. :-)
> >
> > Clean the shredder hopper. Run a page through with something you've
> > printed so you know what is on it. Now try to assemble it to be
> > readable. Then mix it in with another 100 sheets. Rest easy.
>
> And if you're still not easy, mix up all the shedded pieces and put
> them into 3 bags and throw them out in different places or times.
> G.

I'm fairly certain that there's bad people out there that would gladly accept shredded paper or erased drives if there was a chance of mining data out of it.