News Hub

Track guides, evidence, IMEI, and product updates by workflow

This page is not just a time-sorted archive. It is a reading hub for evaluation, rollout, resale operations, and audit preparation, so teams can move from fundamentals to field guidance and then into product updates without losing context.

Guidecore erasure explainers

Evidencestandards and proof paths

IMEIresale and intake operations

Updatecompatibility and release notes

Best places to start

Understand why deletion, factory reset, and real erasure are operationally different
Connect standards and legal language to audit-ready certificates and logs
Review IMEI restrictions and resale workflow edge cases before rollout

Recommended entry articles

Why data erasure mattersStart here if you need the risk and business case in plain language.

Android IMEI restrictionsA practical explanation of why IMEI may not be available and how to handle it operationally.

Operational FAQFast answers on pricing, throughput, evidence, and free-start paths.

Certificate and audit evidence review visual

Decision Guides

Decision guides

Start here if you need the high-level logic behind erasure, standards, legal obligations, and operating assumptions.

GuideWhy data erasure matters

GuideNIST SP 800-88 guide

GuideGDPR and personal data protection guide

FAQOperational FAQ

Used-device inspection and IMEI workflow visual

Operations

Operations and resale topics

These articles are tuned for field teams handling bulk intake, resale preparation, IMEI checks, and reuse readiness.

IMEIAndroid IMEI access restrictions

MobileHow to erase corporate phones in bulk

ResaleNetwork restrictions and reuse operations

ReuseUsed smartphone buyback and compliance

Core Guides

Core guides

Data erasure for beginners What teams should understand before resale, return, or disposal. Deletion vs factory reset vs erasure A practical comparison of how each action changes risk. Sanitization levels and methods Choose between overwrite, cryptographic erase, secure erase, and purge-oriented methods. What secure erase actually means When drive-level commands matter for SSD and HDD workflows. Operational FAQ Short answers on pricing, evidence, and how MASAMUNE fits operational teams. Android IMEI restrictions Why some identifiers are not accessible and how to absorb that in process design.

Priority Items

Recent priority items

2025-12-16Android IMEI access restrictions and operational handling

2025-12-13Operational FAQ for erasure, evidence, and pricing

2025-12-13NIST SP 800-88 explained

2025-12-13GDPR and personal data protection obligations

2025-09-12iOS 26 update support notice

2025-08-05Purge method analysis and failure cases

Older product update archive

2025-07-162024 smartphone erasure report

2025-02-22iPhone 16 support update

2024-09-30iOS 18 erasure compatibility

2024-04-15iPhone 15 support update

2023-06-06Network restriction check release

Older technical archive

2025-02-16SSD data erasure basics

2025-02-23DeepSeek-related device handling

2024-09-22Common data erasure pitfalls

2024-10-21Why smartphone data erasure matters

2024-10-21Kanagawa HDD leak incident lessons