If items in a fireproof safe are purposefully set on fire with a fully closed and locked safe, are contents outside of the safe generally safe from fire?

The safe can be placed in a secluded spot and on stone.

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[–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Additionally, in general, what digital signals (if any, reliably) are able to penetrate a locked safe?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    For hard-drive and chip-storage destruction, its hard to beat a drill or a hydraulic press. Holes, or snapping the storage-medium in half will generally do. From there to recyclers or landfill, either is less toxic to the environment than burning the stuff in a PC or phone.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    I assume you mean radio frequencies, and the answer is basically none. A grounded fireproof safe is basically a perfect faraday cage.

    EDIT: Ok, I actually have a pedantic answer for this. If you put a microphone on a device inside the safe, you can signal it from outside by sending it vibrations, and you could encode a message in binary and thus technically send it a "digital signal". If you wanted to be a little more analog you could use Morse code :)

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yes. Ok well that complicates things, but I suppose a piece of string small enough may be able to dangle out of the closed door and maybe be slightly moved…

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