Just curious as I want to replace my original Steam Deck before the OLED releases.

Is a Steam Deck safe to sell after performing a factory reset? As in, will the next owner be able to obtain any passwords to my steam account or any other account/personal details?

Thanks in advance!

  • jorceshaman@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    100% this. I was going to reply with something similar but you said it better than me!

    It’s extremely important to know how storage works and that just doing a normal wipe isn’t good enough to truly protect sensitive data. The DoD does 7 passes of random data then also destroys the drives. Most home users would be fine with 1 or 2.

    I have personally never given a used drive to anyone besides family. I’d rather keep it and put a new one in.