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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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How does hard drive work in regards to data privacy? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One of my external hard drives (14tb WD) started making weird "purring/scratching" noises lately. Luckily, I have it cloned on another larger 18tb drive. How does hard drive warranty work, should this guy fail? I suppose you send it back to them for replacement, but how can you trust them with whatever data is on your failed drive, if somehow they can still access it? I'm sure techs have better to do than just copy everyone's stuff, but even out of principle, I'm concerned.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You're right to be concerned, so many stories out there of techs discovering data on phones, laptops, hard drives, etc.

If the drive is still working, fully wipe the data, there's a variety of shredders and secure delete options out there, depending on what platform you're running it with.