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Strong magnets will flip bits in hard drives.
Not solid state media, though; now we know why the world is shifting to SSDs! It's all an ~~AI~~ Antichrist plot!
Though, I guess if OP's magnet is comically large enough, it could just physically damage the circuitry, and it won't matter. You're the savior we need, OP!
Please stop spreading this quote as if it was anywhere near reality. It is nonsense in every way.
Not since like 2010. Unless you're still using spinning disks somewhere in an old NAS in a closet.
Well, okay, might also depend on your definition of strong.
me and my hard drives I bought last year for mass storage would like to object, but I can't find my way out of the closet.