From the Editor

I’m sure some people use old hard drives as paperweights or doorstops, but it makes more sense to recycle or sell them. Before you do though you must wipe any personal data they contain. The same applies for most old tech you no longer need – phones, laptops, PCs, TVs and even printers. Robert Irvine explains how to do all this in his comprehensive Cover Feature. He goes beyond mere factory resets to eliminate every last scrap of data. Sadly, this no longer involves using the superbly named ‘Dar...