I have a bunch of hard disks that have come to the end of their useful life, I was thinking about physically destroying them, but that seems like a lot of work.
https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe
Nwipe and shreados are very popular. What are your thoughts on the effectiveness of nwipe?
It literally takes longer to software wipe than to drill a hole as other commenters have mentioned.
Edit: make sure it’s through the platters, not just the circuit board end