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Second Hand Hard Discs Reveal Secrets

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hasn't-anyone-heard-of-dd dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BBC News has a story about MIT grads buying old hard discs from eBay and elsewhere, and finding credit card numbers, ATM transactions, porn and emails all accessible on them. Comments? What's the strangest thing readers have found, or left, on a hard drive?"

3 of 445 comments (clear)

  1. From the My-God-Will-Ya'll-Quit-Bitchin'-Dept by jot445 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Please! If a story is a dupe, so what? Here's a thought. Don't read it. Don't even comment. Don't even "just say no". (OK, so that was several thoughts ;-)
    Get outside, breathe the fresh air, and quit trying to come up with clever quotes that express your angst over a duplicate/semi-duplicate story.</RANT>

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  2. Re:It's all Taco... by selderrr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't understand how this gets moderated as 'funny'... Anyway, the fact that it reaches +5 means that moderators agree with it. Now if only the message gets thru to the editors :-(

    Seriously taco & co : if once in a while someone posts trolls about dupes, you can mod them down and ignore them. But if 1 out of 5 posts gets a +5 remark, I think it really is time to consider actions.

    At least say sumtin about it. Right now, the editor attitude "hu, can't hear ya" is seriously giving the impression that they don't give a flying fuck about it.

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  3. Secure Harddisk Eraser (boot floppy, GPL) by infolib · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Secure Harddisk Eraser is a Linux floppy that overwrites the HD several times with different patterns. Just boot from the floppy, wait 60 seconds and the harddisk will start to erase.

    The homepage

    Oh yes, I've posted on this before, but that doesn't seem to matter...

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