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Re:Amazon Echo Dot does not wipe personal content after fact... by re on Saturday July 24, 2021 @08:14PM (#27945510)
> But at least Macs have a built-in 7-pass erase option to comply with DOD standards

I recently learned that the "zero out data" options are not available in Disk Utility for SSDs. This probably fine if you were using full disk encryption, especially on modern T2-chip Macs that always encrypt the built-in storage even if you haven't enabled FileVault, but it was a little concerning when I was getting rid of an old failing Mac that had an aftermarket SSD installed without encryption enabled.

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Re:Amazon Echo Dot does not wipe personal content after fact... by jeffbee on Saturday July 24, 2021 @10:08PM (#27946048)
Yes it's really annoying because they also aren't available in the UI for fusion drives. You have to go into the command line tools in recovery mode, break the fusion drive volume down into its constituent pieces, and wipe the HDD separately, then rebuilt the fusion drive manually.
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