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		SoftTalker 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How not to securely erase a NVME drive (2022) Smash it with a hammer and move on. I'd never buy a used storage device anyway, no telling what malware it might contain.

yearolinuxdsktp 23 days ago [–]

Do you mean malware in the firmware that sticks around after you format the drive?

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