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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. Security Risk? by powerlord · · Score: 2

    n.t.

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

    Capital Face-palm.

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

      Oh, I get it. Check the site, it's a Apple only thing. That actually makes sense in a lot of ways.

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    2. Re:All I have to say is by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It's not so far removed from reality. Kazaa users often used to share their whole hard drives.

    3. Re:All I have to say is by g0bshiTe · · Score: 2

      Yeah but wasn't that due to most of them not knowing any better?

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    4. Re:All I have to say is by dyingtolive · · Score: 2

      There's a joke in there somewhere.

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    5. Re:All I have to say is by jojoba_oil · · Score: 4, Funny

      So it's a surefire way to find lots of show tunes and gay porn.

      No, no. You've got it wrong. This will contain things that Apple-users delete.

  3. Finally by flaming+error · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Recycle bin that means it.

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  4. Re:This must be full of bad porn by swanzilla · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...or bad documents and sensitive pr0n.

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  5. Not sure how useful it is by Zomalaja · · Score: 2

    Are you kidding ? Anything I delete I certainly don't want to share with anyone.

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  6. Re:Information by nitehawk214 · · Score: 2

    Well, they say "information wants to be free" and I've never heard "information wants to be permanently deleted".

    I have emo information.

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  7. Great Idea! by Ozymandias_KoK · · Score: 2

    Can't see how it could possibly go wrong...

  8. Re:Seems people are intentionally missing the poin by some_guy_88 · · Score: 2

    For instance, on installation, you tell it to only send mp3s, or pdfs to the dumpster drive, and even then, you have to go in and OK the individual files so you don't accidentally delete and upload your tax return.

    It is an alternative to your normal trash, not a replacement. You have to explicitly drag a file in there that you wish to be deleted and shared.

  9. Why? by Taibhsear · · Score: 2

    A.) What could I possibly want to delete from my computer that I would actively want to share with anyone? (ie. to my benefit)
    B.) Can you imagine the number of copies of "New Folder" and "untitled folder" there would be in there?

  10. I hear the RIAA's footsteps by kiehlster · · Score: 2

    But I swear I didn't share any of my legally obtained music before I deleted it.

    1. Re:I hear the RIAA's footsteps by hAckz0r · · Score: 2
      What's that? An echo? No. Thats the MPAA right behind them.

      Next thing you know is we will have anonymous and distributed recycle bins rather than file sharing. "But your honour, I thought they were throwing it away!"