Does anybody know how to get rid of old electronics safely? I don’t want some hacker to. Find my info but I’m nearly tech illiterate. I have an old heavy duty lap top and a an old second generation iPad. So old that it wasn’t worth selling back to apple.( when I bought my new one they offered $10 for it! ) Mum is raising a holy Fuss today about getting rid of stuff. Of course everything she wants to get rid of is mine. I’m paranoid about security of old electronics. There’s a drive though at the fairgrounds to dispose of electronics but how safe is that? If I took them apart what needs to be removed to make I’d theft impossible?