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By Tim Ferguson

Published: 17 July 2008 10:00 GMT

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Of course, every security professional knows that it's also recommended practice to wipe your hard drive using one of these bad boys: a degausser.

These use electro-magnetism to clear data and render the hard drive unusable. This method is recommended by the National Security Agency in the US for military and government hardware.

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