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Dumpster Drive: File-Sharing For Your Digital Trash

Posted by samzenpus on from the are-you-done-with-this-mp3? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Dumpster Drive is a file-sharing application that recycles digital files. Using dumpster diving as a model for recirculating unwanted objects, Dumpster Drive allows others to dig through files that you delete on your computer in a passive file-sharing network. Instead of simply erasing data from your computer, the software allows users to extend the lifecycle of their unwanted files and pass them on to others." Not sure how useful this is, but I think it's a neat idea.

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  1. All I have to say is by dyingtolive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Capital Face-palm.

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  2. You Know What Dumpster Diving Is For, Right? by cmholm · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Maybe it's a generational thing, but the /. summary writer seems to have missed the point of why people (used to) dumpster dive: collect intelligence that could be used AGAINST the divee. I'd LOVE to pick through other people's stuff, but I'll be GD'ed if I'm going to reciprocate. The crap I delete includes material nearly as valuable in terms of PII, PI, and IP as the stuff I keep on my drives, whether home or office.

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  3. Re:Security Risk? by gl4ss · · Score: 3, Insightful

    maybe the idea is that you could say to the riaa cops that you didn't share the file, you deleted it..

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