Securely Erasing Your iPhone or iPad — With a Power Drill

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Securely Erasing Your iPhone or iPad — With a Power Drill

If you have an iPhone or iPad you’re planning to give away or recycle, you’ll of course want to make sure that any sensitive information on it is not recoverable.There is an official way to do this, and an unofficial one. This article focuses on the latter.But first, let’s go over the official route to wiping your device, which is ideal if it is an option for you. This technique erases a specific iPhone or iPad encryption key — one, under normal…