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Zenul_Abidin (post published 2026-08-08) argues company policy should provide a…

2026-08-08 · 06:11 UTC ·@Zenul_Abidin ·1 min read

Brief

ZenulAbidin objects to a company policy that leads to hardware destruction and calls for a secure, irreversible wipe method that still permits reuse, likening it to not destroying ATMs. He references a PiratNation report quoting a former employee who says an unnamed company destroyed over 100 MacBook Pros (M4, 48GB unified RAM) after an office shutdown following layoffs.

Why it matters

Zenul_Abidin (post published 2026-08-08) argues company policy should provide a way to completely and irreversibly wipe a device while still allowing it to be reused, comparing the practice to not destroying ATMs.

Key details

  • Pirat_Nation quoted a former employee saying an unnamed company destroyed more than 100 MacBook Pro laptops (Apple M4 chips, 48GB unified memory) after shutting an office following layoffs, instead of reallocating or donating them.
Source evidence

I don't like this.

Yes, I know this is company policy, but there should be a way to completely wipe a device in a way that irreversibly destroys all data, while still allowing it to be re-used.

Just like how you don't destroy the ATMs when a bank's branch office shuts down.

PiratNation 🔴 (@PiratNation)

A former employee claims more than 100 MacBook Pro laptops with 48GB of RAM are being destroyed instead of given to employees or donated.

According to the employee, the company is shutting down an office after layoffs and decided to destroy the working MacBooks.

The laptops reportedly use Apple’s M4 chips and have 48GB of unified memory.
The company has not been named
wccftech.com/ex-employee-rev…

— https://nitter.net/Pirat_Nation/status/2085925214802547015#m