I have several smartphones that no longer work. I was going to rid of them one way or another, but it concerns me a bit that someone could recover information from those devices (photos, accounts, etc). Is it safe to dispose them?

I can’t delete anything since the phones don’t work. I can’t just remove the “hard drive” can I?

  • krolden@lemmy.ml
    62·
    2 years ago

    Pull the battery then put it in the microwave. Then drop it in one of those phone recycling boxes at home depot or something.

    Also FYI those drop off things are great for finding chargers and phones if you need one.

    • Pan_de_dulce@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      Don’t batteries explode? Sounds dangerous, I’m definitively not doing that. I hope that’s sarcasm?

      • Slatlun@lemmy.ml
        21·
        2 years ago

        Pull the battery then microwave the other part. Still metal and sparks though.

      • krolden@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 years ago

        Yeah I worded that wrong I meant throw the phone minus the battery in the microwave.