{"id":436046,"date":"2010-03-16T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5494427"},"modified":"2010-03-16T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T20:20:00","slug":"leave-no-trace-how-to-completely-erase-your-hard-drives-ssds-and-thumb-drives-memory-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/436046","title":{"rendered":"Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives [Memory Forever]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--  div style=\"background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;\"><a title=\"Click here to read Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/memoryforever\/\" style=\"background-color:#888888; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:12px;text-align:right; display:block; height:14px; padding:1px 2px; text-decoration:none; text-transform:uppercase; width:156px;\"><span style=\"color: white;\" class=\"hash\">#<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\">memoryforever<\/span><\/a><\/div -->\n<div><a title=\"Click here to read Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5494427\/leave-no-trace-how-to-completely-erase-your-hard-drives-ssds-and-thumb-drives\" class=\"pp_image\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-color: #B3B3B3; border-width: 0 1px 1px; border-style: none solid solid;\" height=\"120\" width=\"160\" title=\"Click here to read Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives\" alt=\"Click here to read Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/03\/160x120_192845-main_full_01.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tWith <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=hard+disk+identity+theft+news&#038;hl=en\">stories abounding<\/a> of <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #identitytheft\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #identitytheft\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/identitytheft\/\">identity theft<\/a> aided by information lifted from discarded storage devices, you want devices you no longer plan to use to have no usable information when they head out the door. 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