Subj : Re: Am I the only one dumpster diving ?
To   : knightwise
From : Rixter
Date : Wed Feb 05 2025 02:03:21


> Forgive me, i'm pretty new to BBS'ing and am still finding out how properly
> reply to messages and post new ones. 

> One of the things I find frightening whenever I "secretly adopt some digital
> puppy's from the recycling-pound" is that you sometimes get very very
> personal insights into peoples lives. These things are often packed with
> haddrives filled to the brim with information that could lead to identity
> theft. I used to snoop around on some of those drives, but recently i've
> started to yank them out right away and secure-erase them. I don't even wanna
> know what is on there. Passwords, personal documents, scan of their social
> security number, personal foto's, working email accounts ... (not to mention
> data from third parties).. Gives me the shivers. 

> Do you keep all your digital finds or ?  .... I find a lot of fun in
> restoring them, playing around with them a little but then i mostly give them
> away to charity or to kids who have a hard time getting access to computers. 

> Knightwise
> Host of the knightwise.com podcast
> www.knightwise.com

> ... "The fact that nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."
> –Unkno

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That is a good point about either wiping or destroying a hard drive before
discarding a personal computer. I have always pulled the hard drive and saved
it when discarding dead pcs. If I cannot fix it that is. I have a hard drive
reader to look at drives of any type. If the sectors are good I will use it or
back it up on the replacement pc. Then destroy it if all else fails. I have
files and data going back to 1986… I am regular with my backup policy. Thank
you for a good post.
Rixter 

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