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RE: [inbox] Re: erase with magnet
From: "Exibar" <exibar () thelair com>
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 12:26:03 -0400
Exposing the human body to high levels of magnetism is harmless. It actually happens every day in MRI machines. An MRI is basically a huge powerful magnet. Ex
-----Original Message----- From: Maarten [mailto:fulldisc () ultratux org] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:04 AM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: [inbox] Re: [Full-disclosure] erase with magnet On Saturday 03 April 2004 23:18, Michal Zalewski wrote:On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Tim wrote:Some folks made quite brave claims about inability to degauss adisk, oneguy even claiming the field needed to accomplish this couldpossibly kill Yeah... that would've been me. Okay, that was indeed a bold statement ;-) Not being aware of readily available degaussers, I would think the magnetic field neccessary will induce an electric field in the electronics of the drive that will be enough to kill the circuits. As for my statement "killing the operator", I'm afraid I had some visions of someone experimenting with tesla coils and very high capacity discharges. They were probably uncalled for. ;-) I think that it is unwise to expose the human body to very strong magnetic fields but, granted, if you do not hold the degausser to your chest or against your skull you'll probably be just fine. ;-)the operator, but this seems to be quite silly considering there is a number of hardware degaussers for hard drives readily available on the market, some of them certified and used by fairly reputableorganizations:http://www.periphman.com/degaussing/degaussers/v92.shtmlQuote: "Do not operate the degausser if you have a pacemaker." Maarten _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Re: erase with magnet, (continued)
- Re: erase with magnet Alexander Heidenreich (Apr 03)
- Re: erase with magnet Michael Cecil (Apr 03)
- Re: erase with magnet Alexander Heidenreich (Apr 03)
- Re: erase with magnet Tim (Apr 03)
- Re: erase with magnet Michal Zalewski (Apr 03)
- Re: erase with magnet Michael Cecil (Apr 03)
- Re: erase with magnet Michal Zalewski (Apr 03)
- Re: erase with magnet Kurt Seifried (Apr 03)
- RE: erase with magnet Jeff Schreiner (Apr 03)
- Re: erase with magnet Maarten (Apr 04)
- RE: [inbox] Re: erase with magnet Exibar (Apr 04)
- Re: [inbox] Re: erase with magnet Maarten (Apr 04)
- RE: [inbox] Re: erase with magnet Exibar (Apr 04)
- Re[2]: [inbox] Re: erase with magnet phased (Apr 04)
- Re: erase with magnet Phaze 7 (Apr 05)
- Re: erase with magnet Michael Cecil (Apr 03)
- Re: erase with magnet Alexander Heidenreich (Apr 03)
- Re: erase with magnet Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 05)
- Re: erase with magnet Tomasz Konefal (Apr 05)
- Re: erase with magnet Seth Fogie (Apr 05)
- Re: erase with magnet Cedric Blancher (Apr 04)