Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Jun 05 2006
Violence highly recommended, in this case
A friend sent me a pointer to a story from Red Tape Chronicles that tells the tale of Hank Gerbus and the hard drive that was replaced by Best Buy.
Someone near and dear to me once volunteered at a place that recycled old computers. They routinely erased information in front of wise individual donors. But some folks drove up, dropped off a machine and drove off. I have to say that the volunteers did find instances where people, and even companies, donated computers with personal information still stored on the drives, including like Social Security Numbers and bank account numbers. The volunteers tried to make sure no one would ever be able to access that information again. A hammer-whack to the drive plates is good insurance if you don't want someone being tempted to grab your hard drive from a bin and sell it at some flea market.
posted at: 12:16 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
A friend sent me a pointer to a story from Red Tape Chronicles that tells the tale of Hank Gerbus and the hard drive that was replaced by Best Buy.
Someone near and dear to me once volunteered at a place that recycled old computers. They routinely erased information in front of wise individual donors. But some folks drove up, dropped off a machine and drove off. I have to say that the volunteers did find instances where people, and even companies, donated computers with personal information still stored on the drives, including like Social Security Numbers and bank account numbers. The volunteers tried to make sure no one would ever be able to access that information again. A hammer-whack to the drive plates is good insurance if you don't want someone being tempted to grab your hard drive from a bin and sell it at some flea market.
posted at: 12:16 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
