drilling holes in hard drives

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jdc wrote:
[quote=datbeme]
I just drilled a HDD a few days ago. Funny thing is it was an ATA from a 1st gen G4 Tower, so even I don't have an adapter that would read it. I'm pretty sure it was wiped long ago, but I drilled it just in case.

Ill bite. Just in case... what? Exactly?

Someone broke in, found it, and had the tools and the desire to crack a 30 year old Mac drive in hopes of finding...?
tax records, SSN