Erh well, it takes hours with proper tooling with which I have first hand experience… and just as much experience with various police forces… admittedly my knowledge is limited to Europe and LA on that topic.

For reference I saw them deploy very serious means for stuff from csam to piracy so be careful on how you perceive their willing to be major annoyances.

But hey, this is my work experience I offer, you don’t take it it’s not an issue; I’m not invoicing my time anyway :)

Nha my dude you’re lying to yourself if you think that it is nearly enough to survive the level of forensics that will happen in case of a motivated investigation. You need the whole multipass erasure and overwriting or you’re toast. It takes hours…

Unless you have tied the NFC to an arc wielding torch how would proper data disposal process runs its course fast enough? You live in a manor with very long hallways?

The moment you remove it the cold water tap in the toilets stops working…

Or you can accept divergence in opinions and not be an ass about it. Go touch some grass…

Not everything in life needs to be a « good » financial decision… when it’s financially inconsequential while bringing pleasure it’s fair enough. Same for a lot of things that brings you pleasure. Unless you indulge in absolutely nothing your stance is quite hypocritical.

And if you indulge in nothing maybe consider the experience.

You know one can afford rent AND lottery tickets right?

Nothing like the perspective of getting milked forever… building someone else’s capital while tumbling towards old age. I say let them buy some hope…

Though to be fair we have a tad less caves and shitty geography to resist the Afghan way.

This one is gold :)

Be careful of what you wish for… what if the good guys get steamrolled and, bolstered by the result, they accelerate their program towards the north? He’s triggered quite easily…