It really is not that hard people.
At this point, make sure your family either destroys (with a hammer) devices or give them to you to wipe before they give them away or "recycle" them.
This is a UK report but I am sure it is similar or worse in the USA too.
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>The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has warned that many adults don't know how to wipe their old devices, and a worrying number of young people just don't care.
Clearing personal data off an old device is an important step before ditching it or handing it on to another user. However, almost three in ten (29 percent) of adults don't know how to remove the information, according to a survey of 2,170 members of the UK public.
It really is not that hard people.
At this point, make sure your family either destroys (with a hammer) devices or give them to you to wipe before they give them away or "recycle" them.
This is a UK report but I am sure it is similar or worse in the USA too.
Archive: https://archive.today/Z8ilR
From the post:
>>The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has warned that many adults don't know how to wipe their old devices, and a worrying number of young people just don't care.
Clearing personal data off an old device is an important step before ditching it or handing it on to another user. However, almost three in ten (29 percent) of adults don't know how to remove the information, according to a survey of 2,170 members of the UK public.