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More on Magnetic Force Microscopy:

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/26g4p84b
https://www.vidarholen.net/~vidar/overwriting_hard_drive_data.pdf
http://all.net/ForensicsPapers/2012-12-07-OverwrittenMagneticRecovery.pdf

Software Encryption Resources:
Windows - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-on-device-encryption-0c453637-bc88-5f74-5105-741561aae838#ID0EBD=Windows_11
Linux - https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/BlockStorage?topic=BlockStorage-LUKSencryption
OS X - https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mh11785/mac

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712
Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI
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Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0  https://geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:33 Why do we need this?
3:55 We have data destruction at home
7:11 Less Talk, More Crush
9:39 Hammer Time!
10:50 But what about Solid State?
13:47 A better way forward?
16:01 Outro