[KarlInOhio]

Know the best way to zap a CD (microwave it, 5 seconds!)

And it's fun to watch too. The burnt in spark pattern will keep it from ever being used in a drive again, but if the CIA or NSA digs through your trash they'll still be able to get most of the data off of the disc by reading it with a microscope.

[angkor]

>>>>>> if the CIA or NSA digs through your trash they’ll still be able to get most of the data off of the disc by reading it with a microscope. <<<<<<<

Personally it’s only of academic interest.

However I think they may be “theoretically recoverable” but not actually recoverable in the real world.