Seagoon_@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 9 days agoDaily Discussion Thread: 🐔🐣🐤 🏚️ 💀 🦦 Sunday, July 07, 2024message-squaremessage-square211fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-squareDaily Discussion Thread: 🐔🐣🐤 🏚️ 💀 🦦 Sunday, July 07, 2024Seagoon_@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 9 days agomessage-square211fedilink
minus-squarePilk@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 days agoPersonally I wouldn’t bother, cutting off the power cord does help tell people it’s waste though. If I was paranoid about someone finding my AskJeeves search history, I’d open it and smash the HDD platter inside (or just go over it with a magnet).
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoI erase as much as I can, then take out batteries, then smash it all, then add water or glue
minus-squareDuenan@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoThey may be able to recover it and reinstall the OS by using the recovery mode. Try and boot up the laptop and hold Command & R as you boot or reboot it and see what options it’ll give you.
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoyou can probably download and burn the macOS disks if you have access to the media
minus-squareCatfish@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-29 days agoLast time I did this I pulled the drive bashed a few nails through it and let sit in a bucket of heavily salted water. I am also partial to tin foil hats.
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoooo, you use salty water, I just do plain water, I also do glue in the works
minus-squareCEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoDestroy the motherboard 🤷♀️ whatever that looks like 🤷♀️
minus-squareanotherspringchicken@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoI don’t know which bit that is and I’m too scared to touch anything for fear of electrocution (even though it’s unplugged) 😂
minus-squareCEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoOk, the man said take a hammer to the hard drive 🤷♀️
minus-squaredumblederp@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoPut the whole thing in the eWaste bin at the transfer station (tip).
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Personally I wouldn’t bother, cutting off the power cord does help tell people it’s waste though.
If I was paranoid about someone finding my AskJeeves search history, I’d open it and smash the HDD platter inside (or just go over it with a magnet).
I erase as much as I can, then take out batteries, then smash it all, then add water or glue
They may be able to recover it and reinstall the OS by using the recovery mode.
Try and boot up the laptop and hold Command & R as you boot or reboot it and see what options it’ll give you.
you can probably download and burn the macOS disks if you have access to the media
Last time I did this I pulled the drive bashed a few nails through it and let sit in a bucket of heavily salted water. I am also partial to tin foil hats.
ooo, you use salty water, I just do plain water, I also do glue in the works
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Destroy the motherboard 🤷♀️ whatever that looks like 🤷♀️
I don’t know which bit that is and I’m too scared to touch anything for fear of electrocution (even though it’s unplugged) 😂
Ok, the man said take a hammer to the hard drive 🤷♀️
Put the whole thing in the eWaste bin at the transfer station (tip).