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		sigio 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data ... I find it more weird that they don't use encrypted storage, then you don't nee to bother with zeroing drives. You only need to 'forget' the key.

dahcryn 5 months ago [–]

I find it weird they are allowed to do anything but destroy end-of-life HDDs

If our legal team finds out about this, we are never going to be allowed to use Backblaze lol.

bigfishrunning 5 months ago | [–]

Seems like the only responsible thing to do is tell them and then stop using Backblaze. Seems to me they can't be trusted.

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