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Uncovering one of the tech industry’s biggest taboos
14 mins | Oct 11, 2022
Why Big Tech shreds millions of storage devices it could reuse. Companies like Amazon and Microsoft routinely destroy used hard drives in the name of data security. However, experts say they can be safely wiped for reuse. Anna Gross, Alexandra Heal and Ian Bott explore why big tech can’t let go of this monumental waste of data storage.
