Worth nothing. Worth everything.
Sixty Dollars, and a Whole Life Inside
In June 2026 a security researcher published what he recovered from an unwiped laptop bought at an estate sale for sixty dollars. Opening a disposal and estate series, this brief asks what retired devices of every kind still carry, where default encryption does and does not help, and how disposal can be settled before an executor faces it. Built from that account, resale studies, NIST guidance and platform documentation. For principals, families and estate counsel.
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Primary · Mechanism · Breach and custody
Device residue
Data remains on retired, sold or handed-over devices and vehicles.
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