Re: [Fed-Talk] Army to Encrypt Computers
Re: [Fed-Talk] Army to Encrypt Computers
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Army to Encrypt Computers
- From: Dave Hale <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:56:30 -0400
On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:19 PM, email@hidden wrote:
I'll just mention one other reason from personal experience.
If a hard drive goes completely belly up, Apple will sell you a
self-replacement kit. Fine so far. Problem is, if they're broken in
such a way as to not mount, there's no way to erase them before
sending them on there way to the dumpster behind Apple's loading
dock, or Maxtor's, or who knows where they go from there?
Yet Apple *insists* that you return the failed drive, else incur a
fee comparable to the cost of yet another drive. Same applies if
the *drive* is damaged in any way.
As I explained to them on the phone, I had no problem returning the
drive but considerable problem sending them the data stored on that
drive. "Trust us, we're Apple" was the best they would do.
The best I could devise was to hire a honkin big bulk eraser from a
local company, hoping it wouldn't bend the metal too noticeably yet
make at least some dent in the data stored there. This wasn't drop-
dead secret information after all; just personal data I saw no
reason to share.
Any Apple people here? Your return policy is seriously broken.
Better fix it before the world wises up.
Apple does indeed have an AppleCare program that allows customers to
replace failed drives without turning in the old one. Contact your
Apple Account Executive and ask about the Hard Drive Uplift Program.
Dave Hale
Government Systems Engineer, Apple Computer
email@hidden 888-257-2685 (voice/fax/mobile)
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