What the hell? So someone said "I need to make sure that our deleted backups stay safe... I've got an idea, I'll scratch the discs!" However, I see two flaws with this.
#1) Using something free (bending, scissors, keys) is just as effective.
#2) THEY'RE DOING IT ON THE WRONG SIDE.
Little known fact about CDs. Did you know that the shiny label on the top of the CD is actually all your data. With no protection what so ever? I promise you, five scratches across the top with a screwdriver, making sure to go all the way from the center to the outside and hard enough to see through is plenty.
Their website claims - "Do you have any old or confidential CD-Rs lying around? Quick 2 second operation beats cutting, breaking, or shredding!" How, exactly, does this beat cutting, breaking or shredding? One thing they talk about is that the particles become "eWaste". Remind me again what the particles came from? Oh yeah, the CD? THE CD IS ALSO EWASTE.
So then they go into DVDs, and they explicitly talk about putting the polycarb side up. I don't get it... do these guys even know how CDs & DVDs work? Like I said, a screwdriver enough to see through the disc anywhere is plenty.
Thanks Gizmodo... I think.
