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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?"

6 of 445 comments (clear)

  1. Second Hand News Articles Reveal Secrets by red_dragon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    An anonymous reader writes "Slashdot has a story about Slashdot posters reading old news articles from Slashdot and elsewhere, and finding the same old news from last week all accessible on them. Comments? What's the strangest thing readers have found, or written, on a Slashdot comment?"

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  2. Mod Parent Up!! Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's about the best comment that could be said for a repeat story.

  3. Re:HEHE by ub3r · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for real.... how many of these post/stories am i gonna read...i think ive seen this same story on every news site all week long...

  4. even me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I do not normaly notis when its a dup, but this time even I did.. Shame on you /.

  5. the last straw by DigiBoi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    this is the straw that broke the camel's back. i will no longer read anything posted by CmdrTaco.

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  6. Re:PGP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Too bad Linux can't wipe ur ass! Stink finger! F-NUH!

    Woo that makes me laugh.