Hard Drives are never going to last you forever. One consequence of this is that many people dispose of these by simply chucking them in the trash. This is one of the most unsafe methods and puts your data at extreme risk. If someone should happen to go through the trash or recycling where you disposed of your hard drive or other media device then the drive would give them access to your data. Resetting your drive to factory settings before disposing of it is not enough to protect yourself from data theft. There is almost always some data that cannot be disposed of this way.
Anyone with reasonable technical knowledge will be able to access that data. So, if they get their hands on this data then it can put your personal information at risk. Your data could end up being used to buy things on your credit cards or something much worse. Identity theft or giving a hacker the access credentials to your bank account for instance.
The best and simplest way to avoid this is to fully destroy your media devices. By making sure that you destroy your hard drive, SSD or whatever other media storage device you happen to be using to the point that access to that storage media is impossible. This is due to how thoroughly your old storage device has been wrecked then you can avoid putting your personal information at risk if some hacker gets their hands on your storage devices.
Contact Phiston
The best way for proper data disposal is by using Phiston Technologies’ services to ensure that your drives are effectively crushed, mangled and otherwise rendered inaccessible in order to prevent anyone from accessing that data. For more information and to select the type of service that best fits your media destruction needs, contact us today!
