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?

  • @Pan_de_dulceOP
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    22 years ago

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

    • krolden
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      12 years ago

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

    • @Slatlun
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      2 years ago

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