I could still access all the data that was on there as if I did nothing. So no, Microwaving a SD card is not effective in destroying the data. What I ended up doing was using a flame to heat the back allowing the plastic to easily come off which exposed the chip. The chip was then easy to physically destroy using a knife tip to gut most of the chip out as shavings. This allows me to still get a warranty replacement without risk of confidential client information falling in the hands of someone else.
I still remember the day that I put a fork in a microwave as a child. From then on, the microwave would emit little spark arcs It was permanently damaged. I've since read that with at least some Microwaves, the metal may reflect the microwave and the result may be damage to some shielding. After that, the Microwave may not operate safely the way it was designed to.
It may also cause further damage, since the shielding may not work as intended. Also, if the shielding is damaged, that might not be easily visible. Well, that was my understanding from what I read somewhere one day, and it seems consistent with my personal experience. Granted, a little bit of copper hidden behind plastic might be less prone to cause damage than a metal fork. But, why risk it? You might watch the Microwave carefully and not be able to see visible damage right away.
But then if the thing has become less safe, and then further damage happens seventeen weeks from now when you're feeling less concerned and aren't watching the microwave quite as carefully Don't try to charge your iPhone with a Microwave, and don't try to use a standard household microwave oven to nuke electronic components.
If you want to destroy your data without taking out your microwave at the same time, there's always DriveSlag I wanted to return under warranty. I took a 9V battery and two wires. I put a wire from each terminal of the battery to a contact on the card, trying out different contact combinations. The card heated up pretty fast. It gets too hot to touch. How to ensure that the data on the drives will be out of the bad guys' reach is another matter.
On a related subject, don't ever let a computer repair shop hold onto your old hard drive if they replace it. And don't believe them if they say they returned the drive to the vendor. If they give you this spiel, call the cops and demand that they return the old hard drive to you, right then, right there. The program's interface won't win any awards, but DBAN has a solid reputation among security experts. Attack the platter to render a hard-disk unreadable No matter how thorough a data-wiping program is, the only way to be certain that a hard-drive's data is unrecoverable is by rendering the drive's platters unspinnable.
I've heard and read all kinds of methods people use to destroy an old drive, some of which are downright dangerous. Put it in a fire? There are lots of toxic chemicals in that gadget.
Do you really want to be breathing them or otherwise releasing them into the environment? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. In theory, no. Improve this answer. Perhaps if casing were damaged, so that a hole was put in the Faraday Cage? By my limited understanding of Faraday Cages, this would render it useless, no? No, a Faraday Cage works even with a hole.
The front grill of your microwave is part of the cage, and has lots of holes allowing you to look inside. If you really want to kill a drive, use a very heavy hammer. Or a furnace. Sounds like this could potentially harm the microwave more than the HD. Sure, depending on the placement of the HD, the radiation would not be absorbed by anything and could be reflected back to the magnetron and make it "cook" itself.
You said you tested this, but your conclusion says "would". If you tested it perhaps you could tell us what actually happened - was the disk or data accessible at all? Have to admit CTskydiver 4 Beryllium. It's a perfectly reasonable question, I think.
I don't have any idea what the answer is I hope nothing harmful is allowed to escape those things - I worry much more about my Cell phone, to tell the truth. Just leave it near your speakers to see what I mean but I can see where it's quite possible that space is at a premium, and this would be the most efficient arrangement.
I totally like the idea of not having to get up from the game to nuke something. Maybe the fridge should be dragged into arm's reach as well - that would be awesome. Oh - and a phone to call for takeout. As an ex service man for appliances I would strongly recomend finding a better spot for your computer. The stray waves from a microwave can effect the computer.
Any high frequency wave will effect data strorage.
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