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Man Finds Divorce Papers, Tax Docs On "New" Laptop

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-little-something-extra dept.

An anonymous reader writes "25-year-old Hidayat Sudirman found that his new laptop came loaded with more than just the usual software, it also contained 10GB of someone else's documents. From the article: "A buyer on the lookout for a new laptop got more than he bargained for at his local computer fair when the 'new' device came loaded with over 10GB of personal documents — including divorce papers and tax returns."

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  1. You gets what you pays for . . . by mmell · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I see two possibilities, in order of decreasing likelihood...

    1 - The seller got his hand on a bunch of identical, lightly-used machines and decided to resell 'em as "new". Creep.

    ---or

    2 - The seller imaged a bunch of boxes from a used machine (with the end in view of not having to register/activate multiple copies of Windows) - i.e., the seller is pushing a pirated version of Windows with his new machines. Creep.