I have a bunch of cd/dvds I'm gonna throw away. Any easy way to render them unreadable considering I don't have a shredder? Keep in mind there quite a lot of them so scratching/cutting each one by hand is a pain in the ass.
I have a bunch of cd/dvds I'm gonna throw away...
microwave
throw sand in a cd drive tray then just load them in
Just snap them
I dump all my electronic trash into a river.
Either microwave or burning them
Nuke them from orbit.
burn them, insecure faggot
data can be read off discs even if the disc is not in tact or perfectly round to fit in a disc tray ya know
burn
break a cd in two and put in a drive
i dare you
I had almost same problems but a lot of paper documents. Decided finally to buy a shredder. You can get one for $50-60 actually.
Microwave is 100%
Fire is cheap.
Feed them to African children
acid in bath
You can destroy like 40 of them at once in a microwave in seconds
Throw them in a fire pit.
You sound like a lazy piece of shit, so the FBI is going to recover your stash of kiddy porn anyway.
This is why floppy disks will always be king; just wave a magnet over them and data is gone with no evidence that you did it on purpose unlike a bunch of melted cds sitting inside your microwave
Microwave, otherwise burn pit
They don't melt in the microwave, the data layer cracks to shit
exactly what have you burned on those cd/dvds that makes it impossible to just throw them away?
Doesn't matter, just assume it's data that nobody must be able to recover
so they're full of cheesepizza....
they should dissolve in gasoline
or set them on fire
hell even placing them in the oven for a while so the plastic deforms should do the trick
or just use sandpaper to scratch a chunk of silver foil of each and you're done
Deeply scratch the reflective end of the disc
LOL
install into 7200rpm hdd
it shatters
The likelihood of someone being able to pull data from a shattered disc is slime to none. Burn it and breathe in the fumes if you're that paranoid.
definitely fire
Take discs outside. Put them on an abrasive surface like gravel, sand, or concrete. Scratch the shit out of them.
Done. No one will ever be able to get all that CP off those CDs and DVDs. Hope the FBI isn't watching you, or else that's destroying evidence.
Depends on how concerned you are. Just breaking them in half is probably a good comprise though.
Put them in a towel and smash them (I'd probably do it one at a time with my hands)
Then burn them
Thermite.
The answer to "how do I destroy this data" is always thermite
Thanks for reminding me I have some thermite in my garage.
Dig a hole, toss them in, gas, light, don't inhale the fumes.
A few seconds in the microwave. You don't have to leave them in there so long they start to melt and stink. The film curls up almost instantly.
Iron oxide (rust) and aluminium powder.
Rust can be generated quite easily - run a small current through some nails suspended in saltwater.
Aluminum powder from an etch a sketch
who
Her face and hair don't look real.
Let them sit in a container of paint thinner or strong rubbing alcohol. Just make sure you seal the container and use gloves when handling the discs. The foil will peel right off the disks after about 6 hours soaking.
Or you can use a mouse sander, or a paper shredder... Or just burn them in a barrel.