Subj : Re: Am I the only one dum
To   : Jimmy Anderson
From : Rixter
Date : Sun May 04 2025 13:21:57

 > -=> Rixter wrote to knightwise <=-
 > 
 >  > One of the things I find frightening whenever I "secretly adopt some digi
 >  > 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 socia
 >  > security number, personal foto's, working email accounts ... (not to ment
 >  > data from third parties).. Gives me the shivers.
 > 
 > Yeah - when I work on stuff for people, or myself, if it's 'trash'
 > (e-cycle bound) I will dismantle the hard drive and break the
 > platters. Maybe I should get in the habit of secure wipe instead
 > and keep those for short term backups?
 > 
 >  Ri> That is a good point about either wiping or destroying a hard drive
 >  Ri> before discarding a personal computer. I have always pulled the hard
 >  Ri> drive and saved it when discarding dead pcs. If I cannot fix it that
 >  Ri> is. I have a hard drive reader to look at drives of any type. If the
 >  Ri> sectors are good I will use it or back it up on the replacement pc.
 >  Ri> Then destroy it if all else fails. I have files and data going back to
 >  Ri> 1986... I am regular with my backup policy. Thank you for a good post.
 >  Ri> Rixter
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... Snip Snap Snip Snap Snip Snap
 > === MultiMail/Mac v0.52
I am bad for hanging on to things, just in case I might need them in the
future. As far as the hard drives go I have actually used many of them as back
up drives for personal and BBS related backups or outright drive replacement
when needed. When the drives useful is obviously at an end I use a demagnetizer
and then an old fashioned hammer. Lol. 
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
Madison,NC
--- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
 * Origin: Rick's BBS - telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23 (21:1/242)

.