Re: Object lesson in info control

From: Bob (nottooslow_at_forevermail.com)
Date: 06/20/04 

Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:24:22 GMT

In article <10dabnkbnhuqf81@corp.supernews.com>, lrooff@hotmail.com says...
> I bought a pair of laptop computers at a yard sale this week. Toshiba
> Satellites, one with an OS problem that wouldn't boot up; the second
> with a damaged screen. I figured it was worth $5 apiece to see if I
> could combine them into a good unit to send to my daughter.
>
> Anyhow, the consolidation went well and I had some surprises exploring
> the results. The biggest surprise was that it's filled with personal
> information and other files from the lady who sold it. I'll reformat the
> HD after I stop by her house tomorrow and give her a "pep talk" about
> information security. Meanwhile, I have, among other things, her and
> her father's medical records and history, her own resume, the letter of
> acceptance from the health management firm that hired her ($85K plus
> perks sure looks nice for someone with an MA), client information, her
> complete address book, her financial records, two years worth of
> corporate e-mail, confidential corporate information from her current
> and previous employers, about 36,000 temporary internet files, and tons
> of other stuff. It apparently never occurred to her that having a
> defective display doesn't clean out the hard drive. In fact, I found all
> this by hooking it up to a monitor before I even started working on the
> thing. All I can say is that she's fortunate that I'm an honest person,
> since I pretty much bought her whole life from her for five bucks.
>
> Anyone who gets rid of a computer needs to either reformat the hard
> drive, use a good scrubber program or, if you can't boot it up for some
> reason, dismantle and destroy the hard drive if it has anything more
> than games and recipes on it.
>
> Eliyahu
>
>
>
Yikes!

When I have a hard drive die, I take a sledge hammer to it before I dispose
of it.

Bob/Texas

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